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TIL Lagunita Brewing Company has a beer called Undercover Shutdown Ale, which is named as such because after a stakeout of their brewery, no charges were filed because “no one was willing to sell it to them (officers), but everyone was willing to give it to them for free.”

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ANlaa TIL about Susanna M. Brandt who was drugged/raped, gave birth as a consequence, then killed the child. During her court case the poet Goethe and his family spent time trying to help her case; though ultimately executed by beheading with a sword. Goethe's 'Faust' was partially influenced by her.
xV8Lw TIL that the graphic designer, Milton Glaser, loved New York so much that he gave his work, the I ❤ NY logo, to the city for free, hoping it would become public property. Today, the logo has earned the New York state $30 million each year and has become a pop culture icon.
NX6Nb TIL Louis XIV, the longest-reigning monarch in European history, was a devoted ballet dancer who performed 80 roles in 40 court ballets, often playing majestic parts like Apollo or the Sun. He cleverly used ballet both to entertain and to distract his court from political affairs.
loVv1 TIL that Marble Hill actually was part of Manhattan until they built a canal where the current Harlem River is. I also learned that St. Stephen's Church used to overlook the original estuary, Spuyten Duyvil Creek.
R7GY7 TIL deep-water fish get the bends when they are reeled in too fast. Sports fishermen unintentionally kill millions of fish each year due to the condition called barotrauma.