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TIL Queen Victoria Eased The Discomfort Of Her Menstrual Cramps By Having Her Doctor Supply Her With Marijuana.

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PYLdV TIL that the Peloponessian War between Athens and Sparta only ended in 1996 - no treaty was signed when the fighting ended in 404 BC, so 25 centuries later the mayors of the cities signed a pact saying "Today we express our grief for the devastating war between the two cities and declare its end"
5VGxn TIL that the oldest “yo mamma” joke was discovered on a 3,500-year-old Babylonian tablet in Iraq in 1976. The tablet has since been lost, but the text remains preserved.
6BKQ TIL There is an award-winning theory known as The Pixar Theory suggesting that all Pixar movies exist in the same universe and together tell one, cohesive story.
4kgmb TIL: After the development of the atomic bomb, "Uranium Fever" caused by high demand for radioactive material led approximately ten thousand people to the Southwest U.S. to mine Uranium.
E1eaX TIL Ric O'Barry transitioned from training dolphins for the TV show 'Flipper' to instead advocating against industries that keep dolphins in captivity, after one of the Flipper dolphins died in his arms.