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TIL Scopolamine (Devil’s Breath) is a crazy drug used in Colombia. When given to someone, they act completely normal, but have no free will. The drugged can easily be convinced to empty out their bank accounts and hand over all their possessions without remembering in the morning.

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EGrP TIL that 94% of people who live in Minneapolis are within a 10 minute walk to a park.
nEEb TIL in 1989, a small capsule, originally a part of a measurement device, containing highly radioactive caesium-137 was found inside the concrete wall of a Kramatorsk apartment building. By the time it was discovered, 6 residents of the building died from leukemia and 17 received doses of radiation.
pYEgN TIL that the term “shirako” (literally “white child”) refers to the testicles or sperm sacs of male fish, which are considered a delicacy in Japan.
emJ5 TIL in 1807 the British Navy set up the “Preventative Squadron”. A growing unit of ships tasked with chasing down slave ships off the coast of Africa and freeing the slaves.
KOj9a TIL Ethnic Malays in Malaysia are required to be Muslim by law.