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TIL that meth was used as an antidepressant from the 1930s to the 1950s. A man named Gordon Alles patented the drug after he was injected with it and found that he became talkative and gained "a sense of well-being".

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61j7 TIL the title Ms. was introduced by the Feminist movement in the 1960’s by women who felt that they should be known for something other than who they were married to
VMKLp TIL of "firehawks", birds in Australia that use burning sticks to hunt for food.
dDZKr TIL people have been trying to figure out whether fat collected from dead pigs was used to move the big rocks during the construction of Stonehenge
Yx4W TIL the US Veteran’s Administration was given 387 acres in 1887 to create permanent housing for disabled veterans. The VA hasn’t allowed any new residents since the 1970’s, and leases the land for profit instead of building housing.
0wnaN TIL Burger King has the rights to use its name throughout the entire United States, with the exception of a 20-mile radius surrounding a totally unrelated restaurant, also called Burger King, in Mattoon, Illinois.