1 Comment TIL that tipping proliferated in the United States after the Civil War, when the restaurant and hospitality industries hired newly emancipated Black women and men but offered them no wage–leaving them to rely on patrons’ gratuities for their pay instead. by whatilearned March 20, 2022, 6:54 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
2 Comments TIL cocaine, initially used as an anesthetic, was promoted by Merck as a cure for morphine addiction to Civil War veterans. After Freud promoted the drug as treatment for depression, proposed applications of the drug proliferated, fueling an addiction epidemic ended only by regulation in 1914 by whatilearned November 19, 2021, 6:42 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
4 Comments TIL until the Anatomy Act of 1832 (UK) there weren’t enough corpses for medical schools and body snatching proliferated to a point grieving families had to guard graves after burial. Robbers didn’t steal jewelry/clothes as that was a felony punishable by death/transportation; a body was only a fine. by whatilearned November 3, 2021, 3:36 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
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