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TIL SSRIs, benzodiazepines, and antihistamines can make you heat intolerant, and more susceptible to heat stroke

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vPENR TIL a classical work described as "Ode to Internet - V.90 56k dialup modem handshake for orchestra" was composited from a July 27, 1996 performance with the Monteverdi Choir and L’Orchestre Revolutionaire et Romantique, conducted by Sir John Eliot Gardiner at Avery Fisher Hall.
a8X9 TIL the music industry tried to sue Limewire for more money than exists in the world
JYbjB TIL That Queen Victoria used to take cocaine and once took the drug with Winston Churchill when he was young.
4kx1R TIL that Shakespeare might’ve actually been a black jewish woman, her name Emilia Bassano, who was thought to be the mastermind behind all of Shakespeare’s writings. I’m still in awe.
Z8BXv TIL about George Cassiday, the Man in the Green Hat. During Prohibition, Cassiday supplied alcohol to members of Congress, including those who voted for prohibition in the first place. After ten years, when the story broke, the public's outrage contributed the repeal of the 18th Amendment.