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TIL Wounded Viking warriors were given strong onion soup. After a few minutes someone would smell the wounds and if onions could be detected it meant that there were serious abdominal injuries and that death was inevitable.

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EdMV TIL The Atlantic ran an essay in 1939 titled “I Married A Jew.” The author complained her Jewish husband was “clannish” and too tough on Hitler. “100 years hence the world will no more call Hitler a swine for expelling the Jews”
1ZO8 TIL there is a clear nail polish that, when dipped in a drink, will change color if it comes in contact with common date rape drugs
YDx7 TIL that Jason Rohrer created a board game that could not be played for, at most, 2700 years because he hid it in 1 of 1,017,000 different locations in the Nevada Desert.
dD6w7 TIL after rain delays and going 19 innings, Fourth of July fireworks were set off at a baseball game at 4 a.m. on July 5 leading to calls to 911
wLJZ6 TIL about Dr. Elena Bodnar who, in 2009, along with her team, invented a bra that can be converted into 2 face masks... She won the "Ig Noble prize for Public Health" for that.