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TIL Mountain Dew was created as a mixer with whiskey due to the maker not being able to get a shipment of his favorite soda

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AN9rd TIL that the reason you get chills from a fever isn't because you're physically cold. It's the brain setting your body temp higher to fight the infection and tricking your body into thinking the temperature is wrong so the chills can help increase heat.
LkNKr TIL that there are as many as 800 languages spoken in New York City, making it the most linguistically diverse city on the planet, and nowhere in the world has more than Queens, according to the Endangered Language Alliance (ELA).
19GO TIL That orca whales will float on their sides at night and watch the Northern Lights.
W74Nd TIL The last remaining Kmart store (after the December closure of one in Long Island) is in Miami, FL. It is 14 miles from one of the eight remaining Sears stores.
DQxBY TIL Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, the creators of Superman, attempted to replicate their success with a second superhero, Funnyman. His book was canceled after only six issues.