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TIL drinking alcohol in pregnancy is linked to depression in teenagers

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OoXJL Today I learned: Extremely out of date bananas are superior to fresh Bananas in a smoothie. Overall taste is amplified with the sweetness from the stale(but perfectly Safe) banana. The texture also becomes a lot smoother thus increasing the overall smoothie experience.
QNRoM TIL that in 1967 during the Vietnam War, US Gunnery Sergeant Carlos Hathcock strapped a scope to a 50-caliber machine gun, using it like a rifle. He made a number of kills with this weapon in excess of 1,000 yards, including his record for the longest confirmed kill at 2,500 yards.
OowQR TIL that for hundreds of years Europeans practiced medicinal cannibalism and in 1910, a German pharmaceutical catalog was still selling mummies for medicinal purposes.
R5ldl TIL that advance tickets to all three days of Woodstock cost $18, equivalent to only about $125 in 2019
1AGO TIL a corrupt U.S. immigration official accepted 200 eggrolls in exchange for granting citizenship.