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jN5QQ TIL in 1921, the 15-year-old former emperor of China, Puyi, decided he wanted to have a telephone. His advisors were afraid it would give him too much independence since Puyi usually had no contact with the outside world. But when he finally got his phone, he just used it to make prank calls.
PP4O TIL the only FDA approved manufacturer of coral snake antivenom in North America suddenly stopped producing it in 2003, leaving dwindling supplies that mostly expired in 2012. If you get bit by one now, chances are you are shit out of luck.
yVrKl TIL Giuseppe Ferlini, an Italian soldier turned treasure hunter, robbed and desecrated the pyramids of Meroë. Overall, he was responsible for the destruction of over 40 pyramids, some using explosives.
XbnD TIL that in 1987 a man convinced 2.8 million people to send him a penny each for his college education
ZpWEG TIL about Oliver Chase, a Boston pharmacist in the 1800s who created medicinal lozenges in the shape of hearts with printed statements, now known as Sweethearts.