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TIL British military scientists sent hundreds of Indian soldiers into gas chambers and exposed them to mustard gas and did not check up on the Indian soldiers after the experiments to see if they developed any illnesses. It is now recognised that mustard gas can cause cancer and other diseases.

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BlOe TIL Hippos have red sweat that is frequently mistaken for blood
OGNR TIL Senior PETA VP, Mary Beth Sweetland, takes insulin for diabetes (a product of animal testing) yet, like PETA, vigorously opposes all animal testing.
a8Aw0 TIL Though commonly thought to be owned by no-one, 7 countries have made territorial claims to Antarctica, including Australia, UK, New Zealand, and France. The US does not acknowledge it.
1a9p7 TIL : In Victorian UK drunks would literally hang over a rope to sleep for 2-cents/pence
vPB18 TIL of the view that the response to the "Year 2000 problem" was indeed an overreaction, as evidenced by countries such as South Korea and Russia who invested little to nothing in Y2K remediation having the same negligible Y2K problems as countries that spent enormous sums of money