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TIL that Heroin was created in 1897 as a patent cough remedy.

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awA40 TIL of Ball Lightning, an unexplained phenomena where a luminous ball of what looks like lightning appears at ground level, moving unpredictably and 'bouncing off buildings, people and cars'. Despite many accounts, very little is known about why it occurs.
1aDXW TIL All Arabic numerals were invented in India, not just the zero. (6:05)
QJgXe TIL Jeff Bezos made $6.24 billion in 5 minutes on October 10, 2017.
L07r TIL that Brigham Young’s son (and namesake) was a cross-dressing singer with a “convincing falsetto”.
oOQR TIL Omnipotence paradox: Can God create a stone so heavy that he cannot lift it? If he can’t, the argument goes, then there is something that he cannot do, and therefore he is not omnipotent. If he can, it continues, then there is also something that he cannot do, and therefore he is not omnipotent.