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TIL that racially segregated school proms were still happening in the US as late as 2013

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epZ9b TIL That "RadiThor, an energy drink originally contained radium. A 1oz bottle would sell for about $1 (US) in the 1920's. It was also claimed that it would cure all sorts of ailments.
0daNv TIL 'Heroin' (diacetylmorphine) is named after the German word 'Heroisch', meaning Heroic. It was trademarked by Bayer Pharmaceuticals in 1898, though they weren't the first to discover it.
dD8YZ TIL the animal with the strongest sense of smell is the African Elephant followed by the rat and the cow
ZogB TIL The creator of the LSD discovered its hallucinogenic properties after accidentally absorbing the drug through his gloves, causing him to trip balls
8exxP TIL that in Maoiri folklore, in an attempt to give humans immortality, Maui died after turning into a worm and getting bitten in half by the teeth of a goddess' vagina