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Jul 01, 2020

TIL: A Swedish king, Gustav III, believed coffee was so bad for you that he once set up a human experiment to prove it. He ‘forced’ a prisoner to drink coffee 3 times a day, believing it would kill him in a matter of weeks. The prisoner outlived the king and the doctors appointed to oversee him.

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Apr 28, 2020

Today I learned scientists have been able to track the history of the AIDS virus. Through research they believe 'patient zero' lived Cameroon in Africa, and contracted the disease around 1908, after hunting a chimp and being infected with SIV (Simian Immunodeficiency Virus)

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Jan 23, 2020

TIL; NZ still shears around half a million sheep by blade. The extra wool left using this method keeps the animal warmer during the cold winters.

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Dec 21, 2019

TIL when Facebook changed the report category "Embarassing" to "It's embarassing", it increased the report percentage from 50% to 80%

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Aug 14, 2019

TIL that "celebrity psychiatrist" Dr. Isaac Herschkopf manipulated a patient into cutting off his family, giving him his home, signing over his bank account, and amending his will to leave everything to the doctor's wife. Yet Dr. Herschkopf still maintains his medical license in New York City today.

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Aug 04, 2019

TIL about Dr Barry Marshall who was convinced that H.pylori bacteria causes stomach ulcers, but no one believed him. Since it was illegal to test his theory on humans, he drank the bacteria himself, developed ulcers within days, treated them with antibiotics and went to win a Nobel prize.

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