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TIL a Babylonian dream prophecy from 2700 BC, "If he carries beer in the street his heart will be glad."

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4X5k5 TIL Magic Shell syrup gets its hardening properties from coconut oil, which is high in saturated fats. Once it contact something cold like ice cream, the fats would rapidly cool down and solidify.
Yp81r TIL about Salvinorin A, a dissociative hallucinogen found in the plant Salvia divinorum. Used by indigenous Mazatec shamans for spiritual purposes for thousands of years, it's currently being studied as a potential therapeutic agent, as it's in legal in most countries which facilitates research.
VMjkQ TIL that in Germany they have installed these "Stolpersteins" (stumbling blocks), that have the biographical information of the victims of the Nazis. Their intent is to remind people of the victims of their Nazi past in a manner that does not glorify those events.
kOmEe Today I learned about a Houston resident physician who was decapitated in a terrible elevator accident in which his head was stuck inside the elevator with several horrified individuals until someone was able to come and free them.
WkRmX TIL the sativa/indica distinction as currently applied in literature is complete nonsense, and instead medical and retail cannabis products should have accurate biochemical assays of cannabinoid and terpenoid profiles.