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TIL in 1955, attempting to stand out as a journalist, Dan Rather did heroin and documented his experience.

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WkWxd TIL Gen. George Custer, before the disastrous Battle of Little Bighorn, was warned by his own Native American scouts that the Lakota allied forces vastly outnumbered Custer's men. Custer ignored these warnings believing his well armed forces to be nigh invincible. He was dead within the day.
GY997 TIL there is a constructed language, Esperanto, created in 1887 to be as easy to learn as possible and intended for international communication. Esperanto is estimated to have two million speakers in the world.
kO6LB TIL that in the span of only 10 weeks Thornton's Budgens, a supermarket in the UK, was able to create "Plastic-Free Zones" offering over 1,700 products free of plastic packaging.
gMYjy TIL that veggie straws are actually worse for you than most potato chips on the market.
OG6Ea TIL Tim Derk invented the T-Shirt Cannon in the mid 1990s. It was inspired by "spud launchers" during wartime, and quickly caught on with sports team mascots.