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TIL in 2014, a 23 year old female accidentally killed herself by absorbing methamphetamine via her vagina - the autopsy found a meth-filled plastic bag inside of her, and the concentration in her blood was 2.4 times the greatest concentration ever found in a human

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grE57 TIL about a NASA plan to build a giant telescope with a diameter over 1km in one of the craters on the moon.
OolZY TIL that the job title for marrying two halves of an expensive set of hand made scissors is a "Master putter togetherer"
yQpv8 TIL of Operation Monopoly, which was a covert plan by the FBI to build a secret tunnel underneath the Soviet Embassy in Washington, D.C. to gather secret intelligence. It was largely a technical failure and was compromised by FBI double agent Robert Hanssen to the Soviets.
L0dm TIL that the city of Rome had a population in excess of 1 million people in 100AD, yet by the 14th century the population was estimated to be only 17,000
8eLea TIL about Amy Carlson, a woman who claimed to be God. She also claimed she was Cleopatra , Jesus, and Harriet Tubman in past lives and communed with a council of aliens made up of celebrities like Robin Williams, Tupac, Chris Farley, and Carol Burnett. She died in 2021.