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TIL it wasn’t until the 19th century that a physician to Louis XVIII correlated the chemistry of a toxin with the biological effects it produces in a poisoned individual.

by whatilearned February 15, 2023, 4:59 pm

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An actual review I found for a 19th century German dictionary

by CopyPastaArchive February 15, 2023, 4:42 pm

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TIL that in the State of Georgia there is a 150-foot-deep canyon that formed due to poor farming practices in the 19th century.

by whatilearned February 9, 2023, 2:39 pm

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TIL about Absolute Music, music that is not explicitly “about” anything. The debate over whether music has, or ought to have, extramusical meaning, has been subject to debate since at least the 19th century.

by whatilearned February 4, 2023, 5:05 pm

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TIL that the face of CPR dolls is based off an unknown French girl who likely committed suicide in the 19th century

by whatilearned January 23, 2023, 4:36 pm

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TIL The small citrus fruit known as Kumquats were cultivated in China for more than a thousand years and introduced to Europe in the 19th century.

by whatilearned January 20, 2023, 4:24 am

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TIL that the ancient city of Troy was believed to be purely mythological until its ruins were discovered in the 19th century

by whatilearned January 18, 2023, 3:48 am

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TIL that whalers during the 19th century used rocket-powered harpoons to kill whales

by whatilearned January 16, 2023, 9:06 pm

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The States of WY, UT, MT, CO and ID all gave women the right to vote 20 years before the 19th amendment. This meant women in those states could vote for U.S. President in 1892, but women in most other states could not. Montana even sent a woman to Congress before most U.S. women could vote.

by HistoryBuff January 5, 2023, 12:57 pm

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TIL Canada has the only walled city in North America. One of the most fascinating facts about Canada is that Quebec City is the only city north of Mexico that still has fortified walls. First the French, later the English, built up Quebec City’s fortifications between the 17th & the 19th century.

by whatilearned December 29, 2022, 6:25 pm

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TIL that an unknown 19th century Japanese artist painted a parody of the sacred scene of the Buddha’s death that is commonly called the “Penis Paranirvana”, in which the dying Buddha is replaced by a giant anthropomorphic penis being mourned by women and other penises.

by whatilearned December 29, 2022, 5:18 pm

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TIL that the narrative that Coca-Cola designed the modern Santa Claus as part of an advertising campaign is not true, because Coca-Cola did start using Santa in advertising in 1933. But Santa had been portrayed almost exclusively in red from the early 19th century

by whatilearned December 29, 2022, 2:19 pm

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