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TIL Ancient Egyptians May Have Used Opium and Wine as the World's First Anesthesia—Long Before Modern Medicine!

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PZGn TIL There’s an episode of “Batman: The Animated Series” in which Scarecrow tries to poison Gotham’s water supply by putting fear toxin in it; a plot device used by the movie “Batman Begins.”
Eg0m7 TIL cats respond to baby talk, but only if it's coming from their owner
b9BOj TIL that the 1972 Novel “The Day of the Jackal” showcased an easy method of obtaining a fraudulent British passport, which was later used by the IRA and the KGB. This loophole went unclosed until 2007, and may have resulted in up to 1,500 fake passports being issued each year.
OoKda TIL that Robert Stack was not the original host of Unsolved Mysteries but rather Raymond Burr who was subsequently followed by Karl Malden who both hosted specials. Stack hosted the first regular season
4Xakb TIL there was a planned military coup at the end of the US Revolutionary War