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TIL the word “lunatic” originally referred to someone who would become periodically insane with the changes of the moon - it literally means “moon-sick”

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PYOwG TIL that the CIA has a secret Heart Attack Gun weapon that can shoot a small poison dart into a person to cause a heart attack almost instantly.
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