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TIL the Dewey Decimal system reserves 999 for history of "extraterrestrial worlds"

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9wONG TIL Neanderthal used penicillin and aspirin 40,000 years before modern use.
e0jML TIL that mustard or pickle juice are often used to get rid of Charley Horses quickly, and research found that the remedy likely works because Charley horses are caused by misfiring nerves in the muscles, and strong flavors can stimulate nerves in the mouth, which somehow relieves the issue.
RN8 TIL the Molotov Cocktail is not Russian, despite the obvious Russian name. The petrol bomb was mass produced by the Finnish in the Winter War, and the term itself was coined to mock Soviet propaganda.
v1LK TIL that Britons are drunk in nearly 76% of their FB photos.
J1DxB TIL that forty years passed from the date of Jesus' crucifixion before any written account of his life and teachings was put to paper.