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TIL a collector of opium antiques accidentally became addicted to opium

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9R8B TIL it was only after the 2000 election that the colors red and blue became associated with the Republican and Democratic parties, respectively.
17OD TIL the “breathing fluid” from the film The Abyss is real and was successfully tested on a human.
K9Ow TIL - A human fetus would have to undergo a gestation period of 18 to 21 months to be born at a neurological and cognitive development stage comparable to that of a chimpanzee newborn.
grmRy TIL before becoming an infamous preacher, young Jim Jones sold pet spider monkeys door to door for $29
6Eygm TIL Sexwork was legal in the state of Rhode Island until 2009. Despite claims that majority of people want the laws affecting sexwork to become loosened, the only major change in the last 30 years was to make sexwork illegal in the only state outside Nevada that allowed it.