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TIL that the original recipe for Coca-Cola contained the psychoactive chemical cocaethylene, which is created when cocaine is combined with alcohol

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R1Jw TIL that the torture perpetrated at the Kemna concentration camp, one of the first Nazi concentration camps, was so brutal that the Nazi themselves held hearings and investigated the reports of torture. However, no crimes were prosecuted, there were only warnings given.
aNNL TIL Hitler used amphetamines to “enhance” his troops, and there was even an incident where Russians stumbled upon German troops who wasted all their ammo during amphetamine-induced psychosis.
j67gn TIL that in 2009, Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi publicly called for the dissolution of Switzerland and for its territory to be divided among France, Italy and Germany
WPKY TIL:In China, toilet paper theft is such a big problem that someone created facial recognition software that makes you stare a computer in the eye for toilet paper dispensing. 1 Piece per person.
5VQ9p TIL the Higgs-Boson Particle, aka "the God Particle", was actually called "the Goddamn Particle" by physicists because it was so difficult to detect. Publishers forced the rename, resulting in a confusing tie to religion for the particle which is nearly universally hated by physicists.