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TIL that drinking mixed drinks made with fruit or vegetable juices can lessen your hangover as the fructose helps return portions of the body’s chemical balance back to normal following alcohol consumption.

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M7BjV TIL about the 1937 marriage of 22-year-old Charlie Johns and 9-year-old Eunice Winstead, causing national attention after an article was written in Life magazine. It led to the state of Tennessee introducing a new law setting the minimum marriage age as 14. Other US jurisdictions followed similarly.
9YKn6 TIL Evariste Galois, genius French mathematician, felt certain he would die the next day in a duel he had been challenged to over a woman and stayed up all night solving a problem that had tormented mathematicians for centuries. He died the next day at 21 but his work that night endures still today.
D1yGY TIL That the Arctic Tern fly over 18,000 miles every year in their quest for eternal sunlight. Thanks to their light weight they can glide for extended periods of time on the ocean even sleeping and eating while gliding.
LkvYm TIL that the liquid from canned chickpeas (and only chickpeas, not other beans) is called aquafaba and can be whipped into a stiff, fluffy foam. Aquafaba can be used instead of egg whites in baking and can even be used to make egg-free merengue.
d8OPQ TIL David “Gypsy” Chain, a 24 year old environmental activist who protested against logging of redwood trees. He was killed by a falling tree intentionally chopped down by a logger. Despite evidence of the logger threatening to kill the protestors, the district attorney didn’t press any charges.