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TIL Pioneering English scientist Francis Bacon died of pneumonia after trying to stuff a chicken with snow.

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6d7l TIL if you go to a clinic or ER within 72 hours of exposure and take the PEP drug regimen, you can prevent infection with HIV/AIDS.
VMQ84 TIL that fake Christmas trees were invented by a company that made toilet brushes and were made on the same machinery.
b9BOj TIL that the 1972 Novel “The Day of the Jackal” showcased an easy method of obtaining a fraudulent British passport, which was later used by the IRA and the KGB. This loophole went unclosed until 2007, and may have resulted in up to 1,500 fake passports being issued each year.
waQP TIL American eugenics movement considered gas chambers and actually gave TB-infected milk to mental patients…
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