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TIL: Viagra was discovered by accident. The drug (Sildenafil) was on trial as a blood pressure lowering medication but patients started reporting these raging boners as a side effect. However, they didn’t wanna return the samples and wanted to keep taking them you know, for science.

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NXeNE TIL In the 1940's, the Japanese army designed specialized bombs full of live mice, specifically to infect Chinese and Korean civilians with the Plague (which has a 70% mortality rate without immediate treatment).
GYQN7 TIL Tom Brady’s body guards were convicted of attempted murder trying to retrieve pics from the paparazzi
l7Y1G TIL Doris Miller joined the Navy as a mess assistant, one option for a black man. During the Pearl Harbor attack he saved several lives and successfully manned an anti-aircraft gun with no training, until the ship started to sink. He was killed in 1943. An aircraft carrier is named in his honor.
VBopG TIL a snail's anus is above its head
6Dyl TIL Robert Noyce passed up being the worlds first trillionaire by making his patent on silicon chips public domain. Thus allowing technological innovation leading to modern day electronics.