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TIL that “pouring out a 40 for my homies” is actually an ancient religious ritual called ‘libation’

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R5wG8 Today I learned that most of the famous silver drachma coins of Alexander the Great were made out of captured Persian silver
GApDj TIL following the US entry into WWI in 1917, a wave of anti-German sentiment swept across the nation. This sentiment manifested in acts of aggression towards Dachshund dogs, with disturbing reports emerging of some being targeted and even killed by enraged mobs.
gMDgD TIL that Tournai is the only Belgian city to be ruled by England. It was under English control from 1513 to 1519.
nexOo TIL of Phineas Gage, a man who had a large metal rod go completely through his head and destroy his brain’s left frontal lobe. Miraculously he survived, and was able to recover his social skills over time although people noted changes to his personality, behavior, and memory.
9wBLr TIL fingerprinting as a forensic science could have entered mainstream criminal investigation 50 years earlier than it did if Scotland Yard had heeded the advice of a small-village surgeon telling them to check for fingerprints in the throat-cut murder of Lord William Russell in May, 1840.