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TIL there is a Transylvania County in North Carolina

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b6Ddj TIL researchers identified traces of cocaine in the brain tissue of two people buried in Italy in the 17th century. The discovery challenges longstanding assumptions about the drug, which was thought to not have spread throughout Europe until the 19th century.
4Xr0J TIL that in the 1930s, the Communist Party of Germany allied with the Nazi's (who they referred to as "working people's comrades"), to overthrow the Social Democratic government under the belief that a Nazi government would collapse and lead to a Communist one gaining power
rQmW TIL the average high school kid today has the same level of anxiety as the average psychiatric patient in the early 1950’s
XY56 TIL: In 1952 Lindberg confessed that during the 9th hour of his historic flight, gremlins appeared in his cabin, demonstrated advanced aviation knowledge and assured him that he would be successful.
QN4wL TIL that from 1925 to 1939, a group of corporations called the Phoebus cartel, including General Electric and Philips, coordinated competition among lightbulb manufacturers. To drive repeat sales, they fined companies which produced lightbulbs with an average lifespan exceeding 1,000 hours.