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TIL Coffee does not dehydrate you and likely hydrates instead

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xV8Qo TIL a West Virginia town asked the Soviet Union for foreign aid to rebuild a bridge
DQVQp TIL in 1871, US forces attacked Korea over trade and diplomatic tensions, resulting in over 240 Korean casualties
v18M7 TIL that a male brown antechinus mates with as many females as possible for up to 14 hours at a time. Unfortunately, the effort usually crashes his immune system and ultimately kills him.
x6aKk TIL North America was once divided by the great Western Interior Seaway that ranged from the present Artic to Gulf of Mexico beginning around the Mesozoic period (approx. 200 millions years ago +/-) Its why Alberta, a land locked province, has such great fossil deposits.
neNbo TIL George Washington had Taphephobia - the fear of being buried alive. He was adamant about being put into the morgue 3 days after his death to make sure he wasn’t “accidentally” alive.