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TIL: A 2700 year old bag of weed was found in a grave.

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6ErV8 TIL that the Danish astronomer who demonstrated light has a speed, invented a precursor to the Fahrenheit scale, and invented the mercury thermometer... also ran the police force in Copenhagen and fired all the officers because morale was low.
ZbBY TIL, a woman in Nebraska tried to sue all gay people. Her appeal had no legal references, but quoted Webster’s Dictionary and the Bible.
N7DOJ TIL the oldest recipient of a doctorate degree was German born Ingeborg Syllm-Rapoport, who submitted her thesis in 1938 but wasn’t allowed to defend it under Nazi rule because her mother was Jewish. 77 years later she was finally given the chance to do so and obtained her PhD at the age of 102.
QJdYX TIL we're supposed to be wearing sunscreen indoors to protect from UVA rays.
gMQp8 TIL in 2009 the Chinese government set up a DNA database, where parents who had a child abducted, and children who suspect they may have been abducted could register their DNA. This has helped solve thousands of cases.