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TIL Heroin derives its name from “heroic”, as it was originally marketed as a non-addictive wonder cure to morphine addiction

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oBWpE TIL Unicorns really did exist at one point dating back to around 29,000 years ago
v1JQ7 TIL John Christie, serial killer and necrophile, murdered at least eight people, including his wife, by strangling them in his flat. As Christie was restrained before his execution, he complained to the hangman that his nose itched. The hangman replied, "It won't bother you for long."
WejN TIL there is a Jellyfish whose neurotoxin “induces an overwhelming feeling of impending doom”
Ad7g TIL that we get a runny nose when we cry because we get actual tears in the nose via the nasolacrimal duct.
4XakR TIL that when advice columnist Ann Landers asked in 1986 what the correct direction for toilet paper was, she received 15,000 letters - the most in her column's history