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TIL the rat poison/life saving human medication Coumadin was discovered after cows were observed eating clover and then bleeding to death.

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EdJd TIL that in when David Reimer was born in 1965, his doctor had accidentally burned off his penis during a failed circumcision. His family, under the guidance of Dr. John Money, decided to raise him as a girl, to prove that nurture, and not nature, defines sexual identity. It failed
5YNyP TIL That in 1919, during a baseball game, the pitcher (Ray Caldwell) was struck by a bolt of lightning. He stayed in to throw the complete game.
ANNpl TIL there's a species of Australian grasshopper that's made up of all-female clones
ZBGD TIL Tutankhamun only had one set of grandparents. His father and mother were also sister and brother. He also had a cleft lip and a club foot.
jRDR TIL in 1970 a protest group broke into a draft board office by slipping in during the day and taping a note on the door: “Please don’t lock this door tonight.” They returned that night to find that the staff had obediently left the office open.