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TIL Princess Zelda was named after Zelda Fitzgerald an American novelist, dancer, socialite, and wife of novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald (Writer of The Great Gatsby).

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WkXEd TIL of the Basus war, a 40 year conflict between two cousin tribes during late antiquity in Arabia over the killing of a camel.
dlmr TIL a Redditor and former heroin addict named Tracey Helton has saved the lives of over 110 Redditors by mailing out an opiate overdose antidote named naloxone
KBm4 TIL the use of Mustard Gas in WW1 lead to the development of Mustine, the earliest chemotherapy drug
bkDZ TIL that ‘Salt made from Human Tears’ is available to buy .
8aMjP TIL There is an active volcano in Colorado, USA that last erupted around the same time as the pyramids were being built in Egypt.