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TIL Europeans Thought Coffee Was Satanic

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kd5B TIL that kids of dry cleaners are 3-½ times more likely to develop schizophrenia, possibly due to prolonged exposure to toxic chemicals.
v1Xb8 TIL The “Wrong Table Ring in Wine Proposal” featured in season 2 of ‘How I Met Your Mother’ in which the ring belonged to an extra, was a REAL proposal unknown to his girlfriend.
1a0d4 TIL that the iconic character of Nurse Ratched from "Once Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" is also a recurring character in ABC/Disney's dramatic fairytale show "Once Upon a Time"
D10Bj TIL 7-Eleven, which was started in Dallas, was saved from Bankruptcy in 1991 by it's Japanese branch, and then later bought out by them in 2005.
yZKV TIL there was an ancient highly sought after Roman spice called ‘Silphium’ that was so valuable and desired that it was worth its weight in silver coins; however, this demand led to its over-harvesting, which is thought to have contributed to its eventual disappearance and extinction by 68AD.