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TIL Greek philosopher Chrysippus allegedly died from laughing at one of his own jokes

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xVKEo TIL: A chemistry professor imported coca leaves to Germany that he gave his student to analyze. The student isolated a compound that had "a bitter taste, promote the flow of saliva and leave a peculiar numbness, followed by a sense of cold when applied to the tongue.” The compound was cocaine.
4XlGw TIL that the Hudson Bay Area in Canada has less gravity than the rest of the world and scientists do not know why.
VMZBB TIL T-Rex didn't roar, but it instead made a much more ominous deep, rumbling sound that it could produce without even opening it's mouth.
W7wBL TIL the infamous Hatfield-McCoy feud is partly explainable by a genetic condition found among the Hatfield family that can cause short tempers and rage.
ek7D TIL In 1961 the French Police attacked a demonstration of Algerians on a Paris bridge. In the aftermath, many of the wounded were intentionally thrown into the Seine River and left to drown by authorities; 70-200 died.