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This is a weekly wrap of our Daily Knowledge Newsletter. You can get that newsletter for free here<\/a>.<\/div>\n

\"tuberculosis\"<\/a>Why Tuberculosis was Called \u201cConsumption\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

Originally, of course, nobody knew what caused the various forms of tuberculosis, and they certainly didn\u2019t understand it was caused by what would eventually be called tubercle bacillus (usually the offending microbes are specifically Mycobacterium tuberculosis). The word \u201ctuberculosis\u201d was coined by Johann Lukas Sch\u00f6nle in 1839, from the Latin \u201ctuberculum,\u201d meaning \u201csmall, swelling bump or pimple.\u201d However, it wouldn\u2019t be until 1882 when Dr. Robert Koch discovered the tubercle bacillus, for which he won a Nobel Prize in 1905, that the name \u201ctuberculosis\u201d began being exclusively used to refer to the disease formerly popularly known… (more<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\"harper-lee\"<\/a>The Year\u2019s Free Wages That Resulted in the Novel \u201cTo Kill a Mockingbird\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

The book, which was Lee\u2019s first and only published novel, was heralded as an \u201cinstant classic\u201d when it was published in 1960, and it is a staple in high school classrooms today. But it might not exist at all if it hadn\u2019t been for a kind benefactor who helped to support Harper Lee while she wrote the story. Lee knew that she wanted to be a writer after developing an interest in English literature in high school. After graduation, she attended Huntingdon College in Montgomery, Alabama, where she focused on writing. However, a transfer to the University of Alabama saw a switch to a law degree\u2014no doubt in an attempt to do something that was potentially more lucrative\u2014before turning her sights back on writing… (more<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\"James_Parkinson\"<\/a>The Man Who Parkinson\u2019s Disease is Named After Was Implicated in a Plot to Assassinate King George III<\/a><\/p>\n

Parkinson\u2019s disease is a movement disorder characterized by tremors or shaking, with this particular symptom of the progressive disease resulting from dopamine generating cell death in a part of the substantia nigra region of the brain . The disease was named after James Parkinson, a doctor, who wrote about it in 1817 in his 66-page paper, An Essay on the Shaking Palsy. While his essay was important in the study of the disease, it had been around for a very long time, with recorded instances of it going back pretty much as long as humans have been… (more<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\"Adventures_of_Pinocchio\"<\/a>In the Original Story, Pinocchio killed Jiminy Cricket, Got His Feet Burnt Off, and was Hanged and Left for Dead<\/a><\/p>\n

You probably already knew that Disney has a habit of taking dark, twisted children\u2019s fairy tales and turning them into sickeningly sweet happily-ever-afters. Take Sleeping Beauty<\/i> for example: it\u2019s based on a story where a married king finds a girl asleep, and can\u2019t wake her so rapes her instead.\u00a0 <\/a>The 1940 version of Pinocchio<\/i> is no exception. The movie is based on a story that appeared as a serial in a newspaper called The Adventures of Pinocchio<\/a>,<\/i> written in 1881 and 1882 by Carlo Collodi. Jiminy Cricket appears as the Talking Cricket in the book, and does not play as prominent of a role. He first appears in chapter 4… (more<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\"march-madness\"<\/a>How March Got So Mad: The Story Behind the NCAA Basketball Tournament<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cMarch Madness\u201d first struck high school basketball players in Illinois in 1908. According to the website of the Illinois High School Association (IHSA), a high school boys basketball tournament with only eight teams began in March of 1908. Though it wasn\u2019t termed \u201cMarch Madness\u201d at this point, the IHSA credits this as the first official \u201cMarch Madness.\u201d The tournament was won by Peoria High School when it defeated Rock Island High School 48 to 29. Eleven teams were supposed to participate in the tournament, but three teams \u201cfailed to appear.\u201d By 1920, there were sixteen teams playing in the tournament. It became a \u201cstatewide institution\u201d… (more<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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