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TIL going to the beach and swimming in the ocean for leisure is a relatively modern practice in the western world. Prior to the 17th century, Europeans historically viewed beaches as frightening places, and "only peasants sought refuge from the heat in the cool seawater".

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vP4N8 TIL, in the year 2003, Maywood Chemical Works — now owned by Stepan Company — imported more than 385,000 pounds of coca leaf for Coca-Cola, enough to make $200 million of cocaine, all of which legally had to be destroyed, likely by incineration.
WkB8o TIL President Ulysses S. Grant's wife had control of four slaves during the American Civil War given by her father. After the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863, she chose to free them even though the proclamation did not apply to her state of Missouri.
9wb8p TIL salt used to be used as currency, the word "salary" comes from the Latin word for salt
OYX TIL that one ounce of LSD is enough to get 300,000 people high.
X0EvX TIL about Robert Wardhaugh who has been running a D&D campaign every week for the past 40 years