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TIL that Henry Beecher, anesthesiologist in Boston, published a 1966 article that drew attention to 22 examples of unethical clinical research that had risked patients’ lives, which along with subsequent Congressional investigation led to current guidelines on informed consent and human research.

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16oQ8 TIL that the Welsh Labour Party holds the longest winning streak of any political party in the democratic world. It has consistently been in the biggest party in Wales at every election since November 1922.
5ZJr TIL of the Scoville scale for measuring the heat of peppers. The capsaicinoids are extracted and diluted until 3/5ths of expert tasters cannot taste the heat. The units refer to the number of drops of water used for dilution: 1 million means 1 drop of extract requires 1 million drops of water.
MeNo8 TIL African wild dogs vote on pack decisions, like when to hunt, by sneezing. They do this after making a camp for greeting ceremonies called “social rallies”.
epm5n TIL women are significantly more likely than men to experience partner abandonment during serious illness
Zr4o TIL That Robert Ripley of Ripley’s Believe it or Not would not call his oddity cast members “freaks”. And would even threaten to fire staff if they used the term “freak.”