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TIL Orcas, or "killer whales," are actually dolphins.

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9Y966 TIL Ancient Egyptian papyri and Sumerian tablets dating back to 2200 BC detail the medicinal role of wine, making it the world's oldest documented human-made medicine. Wine continued to play a major role in medicine until the early 20th century.
XEAxQ TIL A mouse utopia experiment with unlimited food and water caused them to not breed, or carry pregnancies to term, violent tendencies, and isolation. The ones who isolated themselves avoided the violence but lost all social skills and stopped breeding all together.
R5RZQ TIL A fireproof, earthquake-proof and bulletproof home can be built with 14,000 plastic bottles and mud. They are being built in Nigeria, Algeria, Honduras, Brazil and Argentina.
e0QEg TIL that people used to castrate pre-pubescent boys before the 19th century to halt growth in their larynx to make them sound better and to rival Sopranos, Contraltos, etc. Doing this also increased their breathing capacity. This stopped in the late 19th centuries. They were called Castratos.
GYedJ TIL: British stole and scammed India out of $45 trillion [adjusted], over 173 years of imperial control