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TIL opium was routinely given to infants from ancient times up until the early 1900's.

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gMomb TIL that the Chinese government, worried about potential national embarrassments due to the behavior of tourists abroad, had the China’s National Tourism Administration publish an information packet titled, roughly, the Guide to Civilized Tourism and Travel.
m14dR TIL the Pointer Sisters sang the iconic and funky number song on Sesame Street.
PrPe TIL a coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy
OoAp7 TIL 4 teens with vaginal aplasia (born with no vagina) received vagina implants grown in a lab using their own vulva tissue biopsies & pelvic scans. Later, all reported normal arousal, lubrication, intercourse, orgasm; 2 women were able to have the vagina connected to the uterus for reproduction.
YL7d TIL Richard Belzer as John Munch is the only fictional character, played by a single actor, to appear on ten different television shows including Law & Order: SVU, The X-Files, The Wire, and Arrested Development.