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TIL Queen Victoria was prescribed cannabis for her menstrual cramps

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b9RJ9 TIL during the Kent State shootings, where the National Guard shot at and killed students protesting the Vietnam War, 58% of Americans believe it was the students' fault for the shootings
1a7b7 TIL that the shaka or 'hang loose' gesture originated when a Hawaiian named Hamana Kalili lost his three middle fingers in a sugar mill accident
M7RM8 TIL the state of Michigan guarantees two free meals for all public school students
YpEEx TIL GCHQ, one of the British espionage agencies, uses Xbox Live data to find prospective spies. People who achieve the right performance in video games get targeted with in-game ads for the agency.
ANGnd TIL that "historians have determined that nearly 50 percent of the population of Sicily and southern Italy has Italian Jewish roots and was once Jewish."