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TIL Beyoncé requires $900 worth of titanium drinking straws to drink a special alkaline water to be served at exactly 21 degrees in every dressing room where she performs.

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QJd8p TIL that David Mech, who came up with the concept of the alpha wolf, later rejected the notion and now teaches against it.
5ZBP TIL that multiple people have died attempting to cross a seemingly calm, innocent creek called the Bolton Strid. The stream actually hosts multiple underwater cave systems and dangerous currents below the surface that have sucked numerous people to their deaths.
KY0L4 TIL that India's Marine Commando Force was equipped with cyanide tipped crossbows as a silenced pistol alternative until the late 1980s.
Ooa6X TIL After the filming of Rush Hour 2, the prop money was so accurate that movie extras tried to pass it off as real on the Strip. The Secret Service then had to confiscate $100 Million worth of prop money and accused the prop money manufacturer - Independent Studio Services - of counterfeiting.
gMw94 TIL The huddle formation in American football was first used in the 1890s by quarterback Paul Hubbard,who was deaf. Hubbard was concerned the other team could interpret his hand signals, so he brought his teammates into a round formation to call plays.