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TIL In the past people used to feed opium to calm down crying babies.

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YbLx TIL: A guy tricked a bunch of scammers into handwriting a whole Harry Potter book.
lx7r TIL The Times’s description of a Peter Ustinov documentary stated “highlights of his global tour include encounters with Nelson Mandela, an 800-year-old demigod and a dildo collector”. This quote is used to support use of the serial (Oxford) comma.
Z8wp4 TIL a farmhouse in Gettysburg was used as field hospital. There was so much blood on the floor, that there is still dried blood between floorboards. When under a blacklight, large bloodstains are still visible
AP0d TIL A guy who killed 70-100 people is now roaming around free, because Brazil has maximum penalty of 30 years
l7RP5 TIL a bunch of Mexican VW car dealership owners sent a Volkswagen Beetle to Pope John Paul II