› added 6 years ago

104

TIL cocaine and nicotine have been found in the hair of ancient Egyptian mummies

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

Lk5n9 TIL in 2001-2002, Afghan children mistook unexploded US cluster bombs for food packages because of their similar shape and yellow packaging. Several children were maimed and even killed as a result.
wLK51 TIL in the 19th Century, a turnspit dog was a short-legged, long-bodied dog bred to run on a wheel to turn meat for even cooking
L1PV TIL the “Immortal German Alchemist”, The Count St. Germain was said to never have appeared over the age of 40 in his some 100 year documented activity in Europe and had ties to the Rosicrucians, Knights Templar, Illuminati, Freemasons, and the Order of the Golden Fleece.
W7588 TIL that US doctors infected Guatemalan prisoners with syphilis in secret experiments.
La6P TIL: The region that is now Pakistan shifted from Buddhism and Hinduism to Islam, largely due to mass forced conversions and persecution.