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TIL that the “root” in Root Beer is from the sassafras tree, the same main ingredient in Ecstasy.

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m9eM TIL in 1980, a German reporter by the name of Jurgen Heinzpeter, exposed the atrocities of the South Korean government during the Gawngju Uprising. He snuck into Gwangju with the help of a local taxi driver and documented the killing of civilian protesters.
p8PVQ TIL the Japanese title for "Monty Python's Flying Circus" literally translated to "The Gay Boy's Dragon Show"
VBgZ0 TIL the chief medical examiner of LA county, who performed most of the high profile celeb autopsies in the 60's, was forced to resign after allegations that on hearing the news of RFK being shot, he was seen dancing in his office, saying "i'm going to be famous, i hope he dies"
WkNw8 TIL that the physical shape of the human ear selectively filters out frequencies outside of the human vocal range.
x6aeb TIL that college students at Brigham Young University can get expelled for consuming coffee or tea