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======  Interesting Facts  ======

This is a collection of facts I have run across that I have found interesting and often surprising. I usually am motivated to find out a bit more about them and hopefully can collect the findings here. I have divided these up into several categories.

===== Historic Events =====

  * A CIA operation in 1982 fed technical misinformation to the KGB leading to a monumental explosion and fire on an oil pipeline ([[Line X]]).

===== Medical =====

  * The most comprehensive study to date indicates that smoking [[marijuana does not cause cancer]].

  * At least one medical study shows that [[acupuncture]] tops conventional therapy for lower back pain.

  * [[Female hysteria]] used to be treated as a commonly occurring disease (up to 25% of all females) caused by sexual deprivation or dissatisfaction.

  * For several hundred years (~ 800AD - 1500AD) the Islamic world was at the forefront of medical knowledge and technology ([[Islamic technology]]).

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