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TIL that the original recipe of Coca-Cola contained cocaine

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eprV6 TIL that the criminal database at Scotland Yard is known as HOLMES (Home Office Large Major Enquiry System)
BgxZb TIL that when the code-breakers at Bletchley Park were short of cribs, they would ask the RAF to mine specific areas of the North Sea, so that they could look for the name of the area and the word “mine” in subsequent German naval reports. This was known as “Gardening”.
V7pm TIL that the term “grandfathered in” originated from Jim Crow laws which allowed men to be exempt from literacy tests and poll taxes if their grandfather was eligible to vote prior to 1866, effectively ensuring many illiterate white men could still vote, while black men couldn’t.
4ka8o TIL that people with schizophrenia are more likely to get grey or white hair at a young age.
OoRRL TIL The first 40-hour work week was in 1916 at factories in Western New York