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TIL Cough drops used to be made with morphine and heroin.

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9nZG TIL Astronaut’s eyeballs are often dented in from behind. Some astronauts who had perfect eyesight on Earth suddenly need glasses in space.
PYonJ TIL that after the Nazi assassination of Austrian Chancellor Engelbart Dollfuss. Fascist Italian dictator Mussolini mobilized the Italian army on the Austrian border and threatened Hitler with open war if German troops crossed into Austria.
XE4Bk TIL The most powerful pirate ever was a woman. Ching Shih, a former prostitute, controlled 1,800 pirate ships and 80,000 men.
j6QWR TIL that in 1986, Dr Pepper created a late-night TV show called The Canned Film Festival, where they aired cheesy B-movies with comedy skits and even fake snacks like Butter Lumps and Chocolate Covered Lug Nuts
VM5LZ TIL of the "Vitamin D Paradox" among black people. Researchers couldn't understand why black folks had better bone health while 80% were chronically Vit D deficient. They discovered black folks make less of a protein which interferes with Vit D. They have less overall but use it more efficiently.