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

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XEgok TIL: In 1986, the night before the Challenger shuttle exploded, Allan McDonald, the director of the Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Motor Project for the engineering contractor Morton Thiokol, refused to sign the launch recommendation over safety concerns.
X0jlX TIL that in 1965, Angus Barbieri fasted for 365 days straight, during when he lost a staggering 456 pounds (207 kilograms)!
R7WR9 TIL of the Nepalese Royal Family Massacre. Nine members of the royal family, including the king, were murdered by the crown prince, who then killed himself.
ner9r TIL about the Barbara Jordan, the first African American elected to the Texas Senate after Reconstruction, the first Southern African-American woman elected to the US House of Representatives, and the first African-American woman to be buried in the Texas State Cemetery.
oB67o TIL in 1997 a Danish woman visiting New York City was arrested and strip-searched for leaving her baby in a stroller outside a restaurant while she and the baby's father dined inside, a common practice in Denmark. She later sued the city and was awarded $66,000.