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TIL Queen Victoria was prescribed cannabis for her menstrual cramps

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69B6l TIL that the word with most meanings in the English language is the word "set." It has 430 senses listed in the Second Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary, published in 1989. The word commands the longest entry in the dictionary at 60,000 words, or 326,000 characters.
WkYOo TIL that the infamous Winchester Mystery House was not constantly under construction to ward off evil spirits, but because the introverted Sarah Winchester wanted an excuse to not have guests over
xRdw TIL that there is a math version of Scrabble, with 0~9, + - * / ^ and ≡ (always equal) tiles. A legal “word” is a correct equation.
BJyd TIL that when 4 Soviet diplomats were kidnapped by Hezbollah & one of them was killed, KGB in turn kidnapped a family member of a Hezbollah leader & sent his castrated remains to them. The remaining diplomats were released unharmed.
nlPb TIL space smells like “seared steak” or “hot metal” to astronauts returning from spacewalks