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TIL the plant Oenanthe crocata was purportedly used in the ritual killing of criminals and the elderly in ancient Sardinia. Subjects were intoxicated with the herb and then dropped from a height or beaten to death.

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GAn71 TIL during the international Tokyo Trial of the Japanese Leadership during WWII, Justice Pal from India was the sole dissenter who found that the defendants were all innocent as he argued that the crimes they were accused of were not illegal when they were committed.
M7LPm TIL of the novel "The Mummy! A Tale of the Twenty-Second Century". Written in 1827, it is the first English story to feature a reanimated mummy. Notably, it is science fiction, not horror, taking place in the year 2126 with the Pharaoh Cheops returning and giving political and life advice to people.
VMV6p TIL of the horrific disease called phossy jaw. Like radium, phosphorous accumulates in the jaw, resulting in hideous disfigurement
Rlx9 TIL you cannot enter Canada from the USA with a DUI on your record.
wom5J TIL that you can trace HSV lineages through the hominid family tree and that HSV has been with us for millions of years.