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TIL that heroin was used as a painkiller for kids

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N7GaJ TIL that Peru and Ecuador went to war between themselves in 1941. Neither country was part of Axis or Allies. So, this was an international conflict that happened during World War II but which was entirely separate to any of it.
QJba6 TIL that helicopter downwash is used to shake the water off of cherries after rain so they do not swell and split before harvest.
rgOy TIL - In 1999 Russia orchestrated a series of ‘false flag’ bombings as justification to invade Chechnya.
nMXo TIL: that a man has a bottle garden that he has not watered for 40 years, its still alive due to the plant creating a self sustained ecosystem
kOKe5 TIL Boats can leak enough AC voltage to kill swimmers passing by, if their wiring is poor.