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TIL that heroin was used as a painkiller for kids

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DQQWj TIL King John of England deposited the crown jewels with the Knights Templar in London when he was in trouble before the Magna Carta. They were providing the world’s first international banking company.
M7bpW TIL The small tropical city of Sanya on Hainan Island, now a global tourism destination, was annexed by Emperor Qin in 214 BCE and was considered inaccessible, mysterious in ancient China. Mainly inhabited by ethnic Li and Miao, barriers and poor transportation prevented Han people from visiting it
9wdXX TIL one of the largest lynchings in US history occurred in Los Angeles; only six of several hundred were convicted, all were acquitted or released.
xXyg TIL that in the 1700s, “macaroni” was a slang term for a fashionable man who dressed in an outlandish and androgynous fashion. Hence the mocking verse, “…stuck a feather in his hat and called it macaroni.”
Zp7Zo TIL that simply telling people they were on steroids increased their strength gains by 321%.