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TIL ancient Nubian mummies were found to have the modern antibiotic Tetracycline in their bones. They got it from beer.

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wLe41 TIL That Mussolini's Fascist Revolutionary Party tried to "out-socialist the socialists" in Italy's 1919 elections & the socialists received 40 times as many votes. Mussolini lost so badly that he received zero votes in his home town & the socialists held a mock funeral procession for his career.
m1pEE TIL the Oktoberfest has had a mobile CT scanner at it's medical center since 2022 to distinguish between patients having TBIs and just being drunk
neJoo TIL of the Pandanus Language--a "secret" language native to Papua New Guinea that's only spoken when harvesting pandanus nuts. Many normal words are thought to be unhealthy to the plants and are avoided during harvest time so the plant can retain its magical properties.
6El5w TIL Mary Kay Letourneau's father John G. Schmitz once ran for President of the United States, and was such an extreme right-winger, the ultra-conservative John Birch Society expelled him
6Eaol TIL The band Chumbawamba, best known for their 1997 "hit" "Tubthumping", formed in 1982 and had a long and unremarkable career prior to the release of what would become known as their greatest song.