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TIL about the "Dark Triad" personality traits, which include narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy.

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oRZPK TIL the alchemists of Alexandria developed various medicines and elixirs with drinkable gold, which they believed restored and rejuvenated the body. It is believed that Cleopatra had body treatments with gold every night, such as having baths with gold and using a face mask of pure gold.
OMEe TIL that the 6th President of the United States, John Quincy Adams, was accused of being a pimp.
PwxL TIL James Henry Hammond defender of slavery, former Governor, Congressman and Senator of South Carolina. Abused four of his nieces, took a slave as a mistress and later replaced her with their daughter, also a slave and had children with her.
j6gM TIL that during the 1940s the Soviet Union asked Coca Cola to produce a white, less American Coke
JBl8 TIL there is a company, named Maximum Performance, that creates fake poop for testing new toilet designs. Pic at the link.