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TIL China invented modern electronic cigarette, while they were victims of imported opium two centuries ago

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epKon TIL British colonialism caused approximately 165 million deaths in India in 200 years while stealing atleast 45 trillion dollars of wealth.
BgVnK TIL: The youngest soldier in WWI was only 8 years old
QNxla TIL of the water fluoridation controversy. During the 1950s and 1960s, conspiracy theorists claimed that adding fluoride to water was a communist plot to undermine American public health.
Vg64 TIL the Pope was not officially declared infallible until the 1st Vatican Council in 1870
gMQoW TIL turtle can outrun a crocodile