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TIL Franklin D. Roosevelt issued the greatest number of executive orders per year of any American president before or since.

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P1bJn TIL there has never been a case of fentanyl overdose through skin contact or accidental inhalation by police that was confirmed by toxicology reports. Police coming into contact and reporting getting an accidental overdose were actually psychologically induced: panic attack vs. opioid overdose.
mOAY TIL Imgur has a higher traffic rank than Reddit
OGMKL TIL that in Italy it’s considered rude to pour wine by gripping the body of the bottle, palm up. It’s called “the traitor’s way” because it’s how people in 15-16th centuries would covertly slip poison into the wine from a signet “poison ring”. The correct way is to hold the very end of the bottle.
j67xE TIL Fyodor Dostoevsky’s gritty novel Crime and Punishment reflects his own brutal life. He was nearly executed, exiled to Siberia, battled epilepsy, alcoholism, and crushing debt—shaping his dark, unforgettable characters. His death was no different—he died in pain after a lung hemorrhage.
VMoWp TIL film critic Gene Siskel went to great lengths to show his contempt for the original Friday the 13th movie. He called the film’s director a “despicable creature,” published the address of Paramount’s chairman so people would write hate mail, and spoiled the film’s ending for his readers.