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TIL that Coca Cola douches were used as contraceptives in USA in the 1950s and 60s..

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JY6ml TIL that Rick Rescorla, the director of security at Morgan Stanley, saved the lives of nearly his whole company on 9/11 by making them evacuate the South Tower as soon as the North Tower was hit, which was against Port Authority orders
KYbYE TIL that in 1957, "Babycham" was the first alcoholic product to be advertised on British commercial television. The drink is a sparkling alcoholic cider made from pears, and was marketed as a "genuine champagne perry".
8gMa TIL the word “mesmerize” comes from 18th century German physician Franz Mesmer, who used the sounds from Benjamin Franklin’s glass armonica to induce “animal magnetism” in patients. “Animal magnetism” would later be renamed “hypnosis” by Scottish surgeon James Braid in 1841.
1anXV TIL Cambodian rock of the 1960s and 1970s was a thriving and prolific music scene, but was abruptly crushed by the Khmer Rouge communists in 1975, and many of its musicians disappeared or were executed during the ensuing Cambodian genocide.
MeLob TIL That Herman Goering's brother, Albert, was anti-Nazi and even enabled sabotage and resistance operations in Czechoslovakia during the war. He regularly used his brother's influence to get out of trouble.