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TIL Queen Victoria smoked pot to ease the pain of childbirth

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aO9b TIL that the phrase “Die Hard” was coined in 1811 by an English officer during a battle in the Napoleonic Wars. He was wounded, but refused to leave the field, telling his outnumbered regiment to “die hard” against the French troops.
jNYVQ TIL that the song "Prisencolinensinainciusol", which is supposed to sound like english despite being complete gibberish, is considered to be the first rap song by some people.
nWKnb TIL 1 billion meals were wasted everyday while 783 million people were affected by hunger in 2022
ADg1B TIL about Baltimore's Mr. Trash Wheel, a waterway trash inceptor that removed approx. 200,000 bottles, 173,000 potato chip bags, and 6.7 million cigarette butts from the inner harbor in just 18 months of initial operation.
oR1GW TIL in 1986, the LA Times still put “Rap” in quotes describing the music in a headline.