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TIL that about some of the dose of antidepressants like Prozac and Zoloft are passed unchanged in urine, and have been detected in aquatic animals. This has caused concern, as the drugs are linked to memory issues and more passive behavior in fish, and more aggression in crustaceans.

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NXnke TIL of the Bal des Ardents, a masquerade ball in which the king and some noble dancers dressed in wild man costumes and accidentally got set on fire by the king's drunk brother. The only dancers who survived are one who jumped into a washtub and the king, after a duchess threw her skirt over him.
4rKX TIL Paul Boyd, the animator of the show “Ed, Edd, n’ Eddy” was shot dead by a police officer because he (Paul) was having a breakdown related to his bipolar disorder
DxpJ TIL: Ballistics tests confirmed a gun registered to Tupac Shakur shot the bullet which killed a 6 year old boy in 1992 during a fight between his crew and an unruly crowd
PYXLe TIL of autistic savant Mark DeFriest, aka Houdini of FL. Arrested on a minor charge as a teen, he got a life sentence from escapes/attempts & pranks. He made a zip gun from a toothpaste tube, replicated keys from memory. In & out of prison since 1978, 27 yrs in solitary; he's in prison to this day.
6Ey5l TIL that a tesla coil was the first device ever made to wirelessly transmit power. Nichola tesla had dreams of putting them all over the world, before realizing they were to inefficient and trying to sell them as death rays to the soviet union