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TIL that on June 10, 1935, Alcoholics Anonymous was founded by Dr. Bob Smith and Bill Wilson when Wilson gave Dr. Bob a beer to steady his hands before an operation he was to perform, and they promised to help each other remain sober and to work with others to do the same.

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