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TIL Queen Victoria was prescribed cannabis for her menstrual cramps.

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Xger TIL in 1987 a former airline worker shot his boss mid-flight, causing the stewardess to tell the pilot “we have a problem”. The pilot asked “what kind of problem?”, and at that moment the man shot the stewardess dead and announced “I’m the problem” before murdering the pilots and crashing the plane
OJ87 TIL that American judges can kick out jurors whom they believe are aware of the jury’s ability to nullify laws
R5BN9 TIL The company that produced the original animated "The Hobbit" (and Nausicaa), Topcraft, would later become Studio Ghibili.
ANRDd TIL the National Covid Memorial Wall is a 500 meter wall created in 2020 along the Thames in London to mark the lives lost to Covid in the U.K. It has more than 240,000 individually hand-painted red hearts, each representing a victim. Many hearts have messages left by the bereaved or by volunteers.
KOJLG TIL There are 5 methods to hypnotize a chicken, although not all chickens can be hypnotized. An effective way to bring them out of trance is by clapping or nudging them.