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TIL Strychnine poisoning can cause Opisthotonus, a severe spasm and contortion of the body that makes the person curl backwards.

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aRV0 TIL that the word “idiot” originally referred to an Athenian citizen who didn’t participate in their city-state’s democracy and vote
R7goj TIL that the Allied forces in WWII fell into the same trap along the Appian Way that was set by the Romans for Greek general Pyrrhus 2,200 years before
yQJyM TIL that if you add 250ml of ethanol to 250ml of water, you get less than 500ml of liquid. This is due to strong hydrogen bonding that draws the different molecules close together, and because ethanol interferes with any open structures in the water, causing the molecules to pack closer together.
xxEw TIL SNL’s Vanessa Bayer was a Make A Wish kid. She was diagnosed with leukemia as a child and her father’s humor about her diagnosis inspired her to go into comedy
KAZ9 TIL the FAA estimates within 15 years there will be over 20,000 drones in the U.S.- watching us from the skies.