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TIL that THC can be administered by suppository.

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4kMR TIL that ancient Japanese poets would engage in rap battle like sessions to display their wit and skill
47Ea TIL one of the countermeasures against war elephants was to douse some pigs with oil or resin, set them alight, and drive them towards the enemy’s elephants. The elephants would bolt in terror from the flaming, squealing pigs, often killing great numbers of soldiers by trampling them to death.
Wk7mX TIL that about 20 apple cores' worth of apple seeds contain enough cyanide to kill the average person
KjK6 TIL in June 1979, there was a record in the billboard top 100 called Ready N steady by D.A. This record is so rare to find that people are questioning it’s existence. This is called a case of “phantom recording”
KOp79 TIL St. Marina the Monk was a crossdressing Catholic saint who joined her widowed father in the monastery. "Brother Marinos" was accused of impregnating a girl, and rather than reveal her sex to save face, humbly let herself be cast out and supported the child like a father.