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TIL that dragonflies are powerful fliers and are able to migrate across the sea.

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VMMR4 TIL of Mary Sweeney who was arrested more than 100 times in Wisconsin in the 1890s for breaking windows while using cocaine.
ANQBn TIL: The first recorded Olympic champion was a cook named Coroebus, who won the stadion race in the ancient Olympics in 776 BC. The stadion race was a sprint of about 200 meters and was the only event in the first Olympic Games.
VMylp TIL that in 2012 bees in France produced colored honey after consuming sugar from a nearby M&m’s factory.
OGagg TIL In the early 1900s you could buy Ponds medicated tampons that were soaked in opium and belladonna to relieve cramps and menstrual pains. There are artifacts in the Pharmacy Museum in New Orleans.
m119x TIL the political concept of Left and Right originated due to the French Revolution.