#104: 8 Mostly Sad Facts

Initially, Coca-Cola was intended to serve as a cure for morphine addiction. Tweet This

In the United States of America, over 60 percent of the firearm deaths are suicides. Tweet This

The Polish resistance fighter, Witold Pilecki, fought in the Polish-Soviet War of 1919-1921, against the Nazi invasion in 1939, volunteered to enter as a spy into the concentration camp Auschwitz in 1940, and took part in the Warsaw Uprising in 1944. He survived all that only to be killed by the Communist regime in 1947. Tweet This

Károly Takács was the first to win two Olympic gold medals in the 25 metre rapid fire pistol event, all that with his left hand. We need to take into account that he was right-handed, but after his right hand was seriously injured, he learned how to shoot with his left hand. Tweet This

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Andorra declared war on Germany in WWI in 1914 but never sent any troops into the conflict. As Andorra did not fight in WWI, they were not even invited to sign the Treaty of Versailles and until 1957 Andorra was technically at war with Austria and Germany! Tweet This

The Sismo Detector is a smartphone app, which effectively alerts Peruvians that a potentially dangerous earthquake may occur. Tweet This

In 2012, Latvia became the last EU country to abolish capital punishment in wartime. Europe-wide (as of early-2018), only Belarus foresees the death penalty for peacetime crimes, while the death penalty for wartime crimes exists in Belarus and Kazakhstan. Tweet This

In 2011, the tiny Indian Ocean island of Mayotte became France’s 101st department with the ability to send MPs to the French Parliament. However, Mayotte was forced to repudiate Islamic law in favour of French rule of law which outlaws for example parallel shariah courts, polygamy, forced marriages and gives rights of women to testify in court. Tweet This

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