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TIL heroin got its name by being "the hero's drug". It was used in the US Civil War as a painkiller for soldiers needing amputation by hacksaw.

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M7QlA TIL that the popular belief in the United States that Daylight Savings Time was enacted FOR the benefit of farmers is wrong; farmers were actually some of the strongest opponents of its implementation.
1BWr TIL America’s deadliest school violence was not Columbine, but Bath, Mich., in 1927 - CSMonitor.com
NXXVP TIL that the central portion of the Jewish bar mitzvah ceremony, reading from the Torah scroll, dates back only to the 18th and 19th century, although the ceremony has ancient roots and the first use of the term was in the 15th century
5pYp TIL in 1504 a German knight named Götz von Berlichingen lost his right arm when enemy cannon fire forced his own sword against him. He had two mechanical hands made for him, capable of holding a shield to a feathered pen. He was then known as Götz of the Iron Hand.
4446 TIL Twins conjoined at the head can possibly share sensory experiences and conscious thoughts.