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TIL that Excedrin Extra Strength and Excedrin Migraine are the same product but with different dosage instructions.

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a8gnN TIL that to raise morale in the Pacific theater in WWII, the US deployed a barge capable of storing 2000 gallons (7600 L) of ice cream and making another 10 gallons (38 L) every seven minutes.
Oj4 TIL that the translators of the King James Bible stole 83% of it from someone who was later strangled and burned at the stake…by King James.
b99KE TIL that Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin, together with Mobe, attempted to perform an exorcism on the Pentagon and to levitate the building 300 feet into the air. At least 30 000 people partook.
7r66X TIL that after Hippocrates started going bald, he prescribed himself a topical concoction of opium, horseradish, pigeon droppings, beetroot, and spices. After noticing that eunuchs never went bald, he also prescribed castration to prevent hair loss - and researchers in 1995 proved that to be true
OXLe TIL that Coal power is more radioactive than Nuclear power.