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TIL that a common heart disease medicine has the unintended side effect of making the user slightly less racist

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kJ7R7 TIL that Wells Fargo's stagecoach is not an advertising gimmick. It began in 1852 as both a bank and shipping company for the new US state of California. Wells Fargo owned stagecoach lines, carried mail, and operated part of the Pony Express.
KOJJG TIL that the Vikings, after having settled Greenland, started to export 'Unicorn Horns'
b9gkj TIL that it took nearly 2 hours to execute convicted murderer Joseph Wood. An hour after being injected with midazolam & hydromorphone (15 times the lethal dose), the prisoner was still alive. Lawyers filed an emergency appeal to halt the execution. Ten minutes after he died, the appeal was denied.
0d7gp TIL Beagles are the dog breed most often used in animal testing, due to their size and passive nature.
LyE9 TIL that “Sister” Amy Archer-Gilligan (1868-1962), who ran a nursing home, killed at least 5 people by poison (including her husband) but was possibly involved in more deaths as authorities found 48 deaths total at her nursing homes. Her story inspired the play and film Arsenic and Old Lace.