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TIL that St. Jude Children's Research Hospital was founded by a comedian. He was struggling financially and vowed that if he ever became successful, he’d build a shrine to the patron saint of hopeless causes.

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JYQWV TIL that after the initial discovery of penicillin, scientists scrambled for a fungus that could efficiently produce it. Mary Hunt, a lab assistant, came across a cantaloupe with a golden mold, P. chrysogenum. All penicillin is effectively descended from Mary Hunt’s cantaloupe.
PYbBE TIL A three-sided skyscraper in the heart of Mexico City rises 246 metres, making it the tallest tower in the sprawling metropolis. It is organised into 14 four-storey clusters, conceived as "buildings within a building". Each cluster has its own interior garden
4XDwR TIL A 2015 study by Clear Labs found that 10% of vegetarian hot dogs sold in the US had meat in them. An additional 2% contained human DNA
W9GN TIL the Bong Recreation Area in Kenosha, WI is named after WWII hero Dick Bong
VMJB TIL that Gustav III of Sweden considered coffee so dangerous he ordered two doctors to conduct an experiment on twin brothers: One would drink 3 pots of coffee and the other 3 pots of tea, every day for the rest of their lives. The docs and the king all died before the experiment was completed.