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X0OYD TIL the oldest object in England’s Crown Jewels is a spoon
JVPV TIL a theme park in Lithuania recreates life as a USSR citizen. Visitors have their belongings confiscated, wear gas masks, experience interrogation, and must learn the Soviet anthem. Their reward is a shot of vodka.
0MQ5 TIL the modern handshake dates back to the 5th century BC in ancient Greece. It originated from swordsman greeting each other with their weapon hand free, showing no sign to fight.
epxOD TIL about the “Bogota Bag”, a known medical procedure where a plastic bag, typically an IV bag, is cut open and placed over the stomach to provide a hermetic seal over exposed organs that are so swollen the stomach must be cut open and exposed to relieve fatal pressure.
P19JL TIL in 1990 the CIA imported over 1 ton of cocaine and sold it within the US, supposedly to gain the trust of a Colombian cartel. They obtained the cocaine from the Venezuelan ANTI narcotics chief.