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TIL of the Drug Diamorphine. Synthesised in 1874, it was Branded as a Non-addictive Alternative to Morphine. 15,000 People in the US Alone die Each Year From Overdosing on the Drug, Which is now Known as Heroin.

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mnjY TIL that a woman (Jeannette Rankin) was elected to Congress four years before women were granted the right to vote.
VMlKB TIL that after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Congress voted 388-1 to declare war on Japan. The sole dissenter was Jeannette Rankin, a pacifist and the first woman elected to congress. She said of her decision ""I voted as the mothers would have had me vote."
E1oxo TIL that in 1825 Haiti agreed to pay $21bn to France to preserve its independence and be able to participate in the global economy. As a poor country who just uprised and freed itself from slavery, the Haitian government even had to ask citizens for donations. They ended up paying it off in 1947.
J1bm4 TIL about neuroparasitology, a form of parasitism in which the parasite gains control over the host's neural system and nervous system, enabling manipulation and influence over the host's behavioural patterns in order to complete its life cycle and provide sustenance for its progeny.
ep6WE TIL Caravaggio, pioneer of baroque art, had an extensive criminal record, most of it related to brawls and physical assault. He went on the run after being sentenced to beheading for murder, at which point his paintings repeatedly feautured severed heads, often his own