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TIL Lysol was the main form of contraceptive in the early 1900’s

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wLOyP TIL in 1913, Gamblers playing Roulette lost Millions of Dollars betting on Red as the Roulette Ball hit Black 26 times in a row. The incident caused outrage as players continued to increase their wagers on Red, believing another Black outcome couldn't happen. The odds of 26 Black = 1 in 136,000,000
MJ0a TIL when asked how they discovered the hallucinogenic properties of the plants used in the ayahuasca brew, Many indigenous Amazonian people said they “received the instructions directly from plants and plant spirits”.
j84a TIL someone remade the entire Titanic movie using the Sims 2.
P1nDZ TIL NASA engineers use Hawaiian lava fields to simulate conditions on Mars
jNXVE TIL about the fact that snakes do turn out to be more social than previously believed and apparently have more complex social interactions than we had previously known.