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TIL Queen Victoria was prescribed cannabis for her menstrual cramps

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lGpN TIL that the company that created Zyklon B, the gas that was used to kill millions of Jews in the Holocaust, still exists as a pest control company.
9YJxp TIL The British inventor of the quicksort algorithm, Sir Tony Hoare, also created the null reference and called it his "billion-dollar mistake ... has led to innumerable errors, vulnerabilities, and system crashes ... probably caused a billion dollars of pain and damage in the last forty years".
e0vMk TIL the Bobtail squid, a nocturnal animal, has a light organ on its underside that contains light emitting bacteria that help the squid camouflage its silhouette that would otherwise be visible to predators swimming below during a moonlit or starlit night.
gMjAA TIL blood type distribution varies by country, for example Albania has 10% AB+, Chile has less than 1%, most common blood worldwide is O+ but India's is B+
YpomG TIL, in 2015, brothers John and Geof Bitmead modified a Daewoo Matiz to resemble the red and yellow 'Little Tikes' car. The car cost £30,000 to build, and was put on auction for £21,500; it failed to sell.