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TIL of the old Dutch Navy torture known as Keelhauling. The victim was tied to a rope that looped beneath the ship. They were then thrown overboard as the rope got pulled from the other side, dragging them across the hull of the ship. The barnacles attached to the hull tore their skin to shreds.
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TIL In 1999, Baxter International ran a trial for a product called "HemAssist". "Of the 52 critically ill patients given the substitute, 24 died, representing a 46.2 percent mortality rate." These patients were never informed of the trial and never gave their consent. Per the FDA it was 100% Legal.
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TIL that cows are exclusively female cattle. Male cattle are bulls, young female cattle are heifers, and male cattle that have been fixed are oxen or steers
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TIL that in 1988, after a high speed chase, James Brown was convicted of carrying an unlicensed pistol and assaulting a police officer, along with various drug-related and driving offenses. He spent 2 years and 5 months in prison.
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TIL Reuven Israel Welcher, the chairman of Atzat Nefesh, an Orthodox Jewish sexual orientation conversion therapy organization based in Israel, was criminally charged with sexually assaulting conversion therapy patients in 2015 and sentenced to three years in jail in 2020.
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