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TIL intelligent people are more likely to abuse alcohol and drugs

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KOB9B TIL of the systematic destruction of the Armenian cemetery at Julfa. In response to charges from Armenia and various international organisations and despite overwhelming evidence of their involvement, the Azerbaijani government insisted that the cemetery and the monuments within had never existed.
9YPgr TIL The first chocolate bar was made in 1847. Before that, chocolate was exclusively a drink.
1YpW TIL Britain’s oldest Turkey is named “Dinner” despite dodging the Christmas roast for 16 years
BgYLe TIL that before the 1666 fire, Old St Paul’s Cathedral doubled as London’s gossip hub: “news-mongers” paced its nave for the latest talk. A contemporary playwright said Paul’s Walk was an “open house” where people “go up and down… grumbling together,” amid beggars, thieves and prostitutes.
xV441 TIL that Father Damien, who cared for the lepers in Molokai, realized that he contracted leprosy when he accidentally stepped on scalding water and felt nothing.