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TIL Groundwater wells in old times were dug by pick and shovel until the digger couldn't bail anymore

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WkYZB Til that Benzodiazepines (Anti Anxiety Medication) if taken long enough, can produce a horrific withdrawal syndrome that lasts up to 3 years or more if stopped in some people. It is not recognized by psychiatry or any medical profession.
epDKL TIL dogs can smell your feelings, in fact, dogs sense of smell is approximately 100,000 times better than ours, they can smell fear in a human due to our perspiration.
v1E5K TIL of the Freedmen. The Cherokee had black slaves. In 1866 they signed a treaty that freed them and granted them and their descendants, tribal citizenship after Emancipation. The Nation has ostracized them and is trying to strip them of tribal citizenship largely due to their darker complexion.
9wBQ6 TIL that Colonel Sanders of KFC never exceeded the rank of private in the US Army, but was later given the title of "Kentucky Colonel" by the Governor of Kentucky, an honorary title for civil service.
78nnZ TIL that the USSR landed a spacecraft on venus, becoming the first country to soft land a probe on another plant