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TIL the origin of heroin's name.
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TIL that in the 70's an eccentric Englishman made a car with a 27 litre 1000hp merlin engine and got sued by Rolls Royce for using a RR grill on it.
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TIL Coconuts managed to migrate to the Caribbean by floating across the ocean
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TIL There is a vigilante group of women in India whose mission includes beating up abusive husbands.
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TIL Crab mentality is a way of thinking best described by the phrase, "If I can't have it, neither can you." The metaphor refers to a pattern of behavior noted in crabs when they are trapped in a bucket.
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TIL about the Women's 1500m at the 2012 Summer Olympics, called "one of the dirtiest race in history", where six of the first nine finishers (1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, 7th, and 9th) have been found to have been doping and the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 7th and 9th finishers were disqualified as of now.