TIL that Ignaz Semmelweis, the doctor who told his colleagues to wash their hands to prevent infections, was committed to an asylum by his colleagues. There he died of a gangrenous wound to the hand.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignaz_Semmelweis
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TIL that Ignaz Semmelweis, the doctor who told his colleagues to wash their hands to prevent infections, was committed to an asylum by his colleagues. There he died of a gangrenous wound to the hand.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignaz_Semmelweis
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TIL on 28 February 1998, one day after recording the final episode of Father Ted, the show’s lead actor Dermot Morgan suffered a fatal heart attack while hosting a dinner party at his London home.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dermot_Morgan
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TIL on 28 February 1998, one day after recording the final episode of Father Ted, the show’s lead actor Dermot Morgan suffered a fatal heart attack while hosting a dinner party at his London home.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dermot_Morgan
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TIL from 1877 to 1925 that Kristiania was the name of Oslo Norway. Oslo was founded in 1024. In 1624, it was renamed Christiania after the Danish king; in 1877, the spelling was altered to Kristiania. In 1925, it reverted to original medieval name of Oslo. Which was capital's former name.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oslo
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TIL Spider legs and human dicks work with the same principle via hydraulics

https://infinitespider.com/spider-legs-work/
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TIL Spider legs and human dicks work with the same principle via hydraulics

https://infinitespider.com/spider-legs-work/
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TIL that Harold Holt, Prime Minister of Australia, disappeared while swimming in heavy seas at Cheviot Beach in Victoria on December 17, 1967

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Harold_Holt
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TIL that Harold Holt, Prime Minister of Australia, disappeared while swimming in heavy seas at Cheviot Beach in Victoria on December 17, 1967

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Harold_Holt
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TIL that history's most powerful pirate was a woman. Ching Shih led the largest pirate fleet ever, enforced brutal laws, defeated Chinese, British, and Portuguese forces, and became such a problem that the Qing government surrendered and offered her amnesty.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ph8hcREtCNs
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TIL Jerry Lawson, known as the "father of the video game cartridge," pioneered microprocessor-driven gaming in the 1970s. He led the Fairchild Channel F team, introducing removable cartridges, a new 8-way joystick, and the first home console "pause" button.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Lawson_(engineer)
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TIL that in 1903, when Pierre Curie learned that he was going to win the Nobel Prize in Physics, he threatened to refuse it if he could not share it with his wife, Marie Curie, who was not to receive it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Curie#Nobel_Prizes
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TIL that fungi were found growing inside the Chernobyl nuclear reactor that actually feed on radiation. They use a process called "radiosynthesis" to convert gamma rays into chemical energy, similar to how plants use photosynthesis to convert sunlight.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiotrophic_fungus
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TIL that Christmas was banned by the English Parliment in 1644 because many of the Puritans believed it was "too closely associated with Catholicism" and it had simply become too drunken and debauched.

https://www.cromwellmuseum.org/cromwell/did-oliver-cromwell-ban-christmas
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TIL about Snapdragon, a 16th century holiday game where players try to grab brandy-soaked raisins which were set on fire.

https://mattfife.com/?p=4825
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TIL that in 1903, when Pierre Curie learned that he was going to win the Nobel Prize in Physics, he threatened to refuse it if he could not share it with his wife, Marie Curie, who was not to receive it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Curie#Nobel_Prizes
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1pui64r/til_that_in_1903_when_pierre_curie_learned_that/

TIL about Snapdragon, a 16th century holiday game where players try to grab brandy-soaked raisins which were set on fire.

https://mattfife.com/?p=4825
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1pu8mtc/til_about_snapdragon_a_16th_century_holiday_game/

TIL that fungi were found growing inside the Chernobyl nuclear reactor that actually feed on radiation. They use a process called "radiosynthesis" to convert gamma rays into chemical energy, similar to how plants use photosynthesis to convert sunlight.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiotrophic_fungus
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1pu3ig1/til_that_fungi_were_found_growing_inside_the/

TIL that history's most powerful pirate was a woman. Ching Shih led the largest pirate fleet ever, enforced brutal laws, defeated Chinese, British, and Portuguese forces, and became such a problem that the Qing government surrendered and offered her amnesty.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ph8hcREtCNs
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1ptz1dw/til_that_historys_most_powerful_pirate_was_a/