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TIL Combining certain antidepressants with alcohol can cause acute kidney failure.

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414J TIL the fastest red card ever given in football (soccer) was given 2 seconds into the match to Lee Todd after he muttered “Fuck me, that was loud” when the kickoff whistle blew.
7rJeP TIL the space shuttle Challenger was not originally intended to actually go to space, but was an airframe made to be submitted to (non-destructive) structural tests. After that it was decided to make it into a flying Shuttle. It lasted only 9 missions before exploding.
6oBY TIL that the British Royal Navy (at substantial cost) established a fleet of ships known as the ‘West Africa Squadron’ which would patrol the west coast of Africa, capturing slave ships. This fleet is estimated to have captured 1,600 slave ships and freed 150,000 African slaves between 1808 & 1860.
wLKA7 TIL that looting of DJ equipment during a 1977 power outage in New York played a large role in the success of Hip Hop
69mw7 TIL that most PC and laptop keyboards have tactile markers on F and J keys to help locate them