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TIL: Nitrous oxide has been used as a recreational drug since the late 1700s, when laughing gas parties were held. This use led to the discovery of anaesthesia.

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mA6P TIL that in the 17th century, the Roman Catholic Church ruled that beavers were fish and could be eaten on Fridays.
WkeGX TIL of Australian Soldier Jim Moody, who smuggled Horrie, his battalion's mascot back to Australia after WWII, violating quarantine laws. Ordered to surrender Horrie to be destroyed, he purchased another dog from a pound and surrendered it, and Horrie lived many years.
oRD8 TIL Japan holds the world record for largest orgy.
Z8QV4 TIL that Japanese Honeybees have adapted to kill Murder Hornets by vibrating together in a ball around the hornet and using their combined body heat to cook it alive
Dyov TIL North Dakota didn’t technically qualify for statehood until 2012 when a constitutional error found by a 66-year-old man was corrected.