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

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8eV9K TIL that Saint Patrick wasn’t Irish but a Romano-Briton (likely from Wales or western England) who was kidnapped by Irish raiders as a teenager, enslaved for six years, escaped, and later returned as a missionary.
ZpEyR TIL the lyrics of Duel of Fates (the music written by John Williams for the duel between Darth Maul, Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan) are a Sanskrit translation of a thousand year old Welsh poem, Cad Goddeu, about a wizard enchanting trees to fight in his army.
j6nZX TIL that Mozart's full name was "Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart." He often went by the German name "Gottlieb," which means "beloved by God." After his death, he became widely known by the Latin version of his name, "Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart."
lMNK TIL there is a cruise ship named “The World” where residents permanently live as it travels around the globe
OolY4 TIL about Project A119, a plan by American scientists and the Air Force to nuke the moon in a show of force during the Space Race. They also thought that dropping a bomb would allow them to be able to accurately study previously mysterious lunar properties