People are only just realizing the origin of 'drinking the Kool-Aid'

'Drinking the Kool-Aid' has become a common phrase in American vernacular, however, the expression has a sinister origin with and mass murder.

The phrase originated from , where more than 900 people died in a mass murder-suicide plot.

The chilling event took place on November 18, 1978, when cult leader Jim Jones forced his followers to drink a powdery fruit drink laced with deadly cyanide.

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