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TIL: No One Can Stop You from Owning a Kangaroo in Three US States! Freedom Baby!

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W700d TIL the first modern pharmaceutical medicine was invented in 1804 by Friedrich Sertürner, a German who extracted the main active chemical from opium in his laboratory and named it morphine, after the Greek god of sleep
R7xEw TIL that English versions of the Bible sometimes translate penises as “feet”
QXja TIL two Christian monks smuggled silkworms out of China in bamboo canes. Those silkworms were used to give the Byzantine Empire a trade monopoly in Europe, which became the foundation of their economy for the next 650 years.
VMkQQ TIL Thomas Jefferson purchased a thermometer a few days before signing The Declaration of Independence. He noted that it was 76 degrees on Signing Day in Philadelphia.
rLR4 TIL Jared from Subway ran a business where he’d rent pornography out of his dormroom at Indiana University. The endeavor became so successful that the only place he had time to eat at was the Subway that opened on the 1st floor of the building.