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TIL that Nostalgia was originally classified as a mental disorder

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W700d TIL the first modern pharmaceutical medicine was invented in 1804 by Friedrich Sertürner, a German who extracted the main active chemical from opium in his laboratory and named it morphine, after the Greek god of sleep
vneK TIL - Netherlands has a plan where flooding the country could be used as a defence strategy and this can easily be done by destroying various flood defences in case of attack by a foreign country.
nKbP TIL that during the OJ Simpson verdict broadcast “Long-distance telephone call volume declined by 58% and trading volume on the New York Stock Exchange by 41%, water usage decreased as people avoided using bathrooms … the verdict cost an estimated $480 million in lost productivity.”
kOBrB TIL of Joan Risch, Housewife who disappeared in 1960's from her blood-smeared house, leaving her children behind ; had checked out multiple books on disappearances from the local library before vanishing.
egoE TIL German U-Boat 1206 was 8 days into its 1st tour when the Commander had a problem working the new type of toilet. The engineer called to help opened a wrong valve, flooding the battery compartment, causing release of Chlorine gas. Forced to surface, they were quickly spotted & captured by Allies.