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TIL Jimmy Carter de-regulated the beer market making it possible for craft brew

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ERK0 TIL the actor who played young Forrest Gump ended up enlisting in the Army and going to combat just like his character
ep48D TIL: there is a “Minimal Turing Test” and the best word to convince a judge you’re human is “poop.”
ExxV TIL the Montreal style bagel is smaller, sweeter and denser than the New York (or Brooklyn) style bagel and has a larger hole. It contains malt, but no sugar or salt (unlike the New York style) and is boiled in honey-sweetened water before being baked in a wood-fired oven.
Ma18 TIL when F. Scott Fitzgerald died, he thought he was a failure, and his work forever forgotten. His novel, The Great Gatsby, was reviewed poorly and had only sold 20,000 copies. It’s now considered the greatest novel in American history, and sells over 500,000 copies per year.
j6VMX TIL: In China wearing a green hat is a sign of mockery and telling someone they wear a green hat is an insult. This signifies that the person is a cuck. One reason is that during the Yuen dynasty, family members of prostitutes had to wear green headscarves so the public can identify and avoid them.