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TIL that inhaled rubbing alcohol relieves nausea & vomiting better than a prescription antiemetic widely used for chemo patients

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BgaOy TIL Carolina Reaper is the hottest pepper in the world, with 2.2 million Scoville units. It is 22 times hotter than a habanero. It was bred in Rock Hill, SC, by Ed Currie, proprietor of the Puckerbutt Pepper Company.
XEwpX TIL 70’s bush was so big because they were wigs called Merkins, used to allow certain levels of nudity in movies. Modern period piece movies use Merkins to mimic how hollywood portrayed 70’s bush.
D104P TIL up until the tail-end of the 18th century, tomatoes were considered poisonous, and nicknamed the “poisonous apple.” It wasn’t until 1820, when Colonel Robert Johnson ate an entire basket of the fruit, that those myths were proven false
ayXb TIL: That SHARKS are OLDER than TREES.
P1gEg TIL that during WWII, a dentist came up with 'Project X-Ray,' strapping incendiary bombs onto bats to start fires in Japanese cities. However, the plan failed due to difficulties in training the bats and lack of military funding. Development ceased in 1944.