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

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0woEA TIL Tomato comes from the Spanish word "tomate", derived from the Nahuatl word "tomatl"
4XJ45 TIL that in 19th Century London, John Chadwick obsessively believed that cholera was caused by 'bad air' and his actions to 'cure' it lead directly to the additional deaths of fourteen thousand Londoners
5bRR TIL that a programmer developed an operating system called TempleOS since 2003. Hospitalized for mental health problems, he believes that TempleOS is literally the Third Temple as biblically prophesied. Per God’s “instructions,” the OS uses a 640x480, 16 color display, and uses the language HolyC.
4XJAX TIL that the first full-length full-color film was an American historical drama "Becky Sharp", directed by Rouben Mamoulian in 1935. It was shot on 3-strip technicolor cameras that captured separate color records onto three strips of film.
yQ4Ye TIL here in Australia that once you reach a certain threshold for prescription medicine, they are either free or reduced cost. (Only found out as my parents hit it today and received their medication at $0)