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TIL that the gin and tonic was invented as a result of the British being unable to stomach the taste of bitter malaria medication in India

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rR04e TIL the first woman didn't run a mile in under 5 minutes until 1954. Today, most good high school track runners easily run a mile in under 5 minutes.
xojb TIL Robert E. Lee defended the torture of slaves as something “they must endure,” because “pain was necessary for their instruction.” Lee regularly had mothers sold or rented away from their children, sometimes as punishment. Lee’s slaves said he was the “meanest man we ever saw.”
j6Q4E TIL Flight Attendants don’t get paid a full wage for the boarding process, some don’t get paid at all. AirCanada strike is exposing me to the unfair world for flight employees!
oRRaR TIL the largest U.S. loss of life at sea was the HMS Rohna. This was hidden by the US to prevent the Nazis from knowing their remote guided missiles were effective.
jljX TIL that after Tupac died, his remains were cremated, mixed with weed and smoked by the members of his hip-hop band - Outlawz.