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TIL that by 3400 B.C. the Sumerians were growing the opium poppy and called it Hul Gil, the 'joy plant'.

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gMyaD TIL about Arlington House, which was owned by Robert E. Lee and Mary Custis Lee, the step-great-granddaughter of George Washington. It was seized and later returned by the government. Lee’s son then sold it to the government. Its grounds are now the site of Arlington National Cemetery.
a8eM TIL that there have been studies to find out just how many licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop. According to a Purdue study, its about 364.
OGBng TIL of someone even more insane than Leonid Rogozov, the surgeon in Antarctica who removed his own Appendix... Jock McLaren only had veterinary experience and did the same thing in 1944, except without any anesthesia at all and just a pocket knife and mirror.
kJWe4 TIL that a May 2024 study revealed the human brain now contains an average of 0.5% plastic by weight. This is 50% more than an equivalent study from 2016.
ADDbn TIL in 2011, a Swedish man was arrested for splitting an atom in his kitchen