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TIL Root beer is flavored with the sassafras tree, and that the same plant is the source of safrole(the precursor for MDMA ecstacy).

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wL9n8 TIL the FICO credit score was started in 1989 and people used to be able to get approved for a mortgage with a letter of recommendation from their priest
yQQmM Yes, but they never lose that slender figure.
VB1Rp Today I learned about Claire Weekes. Known as the woman who “cracked” the anxiety code. A pioneer of modern anxiety treatments and author of “Hope and Help for Your Nerves”.
b6m67 TIL the Japanese doctor on the ¥1000 banknote was buried (rather than cremated) in New York (rather than Japan)
VMPmk TIL In WW II, German submarines used the lights from US coastal cities to see US shipments. Coastal cities refused to limit lighting as was done in Europe due to tourism, and as a result much shipping was destroyed.