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TIL that the words 'alcohol poisoning' are just a way to make 'overdose' sound less bad, since it is often associated with societies unaccepted hard drug use.

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yVoVv TIL about Mary Louvestre; an African-American Civil War spy who delivered details about the construction of the Confederacy's first ironclad into Union hands by tracing plans her employer had using her seamstress skills.
WeE4 TIL that Oprah Winfrey grew up in poverty, was raped at age 9 and 13, ran away from home, and gave birth at 14 to a son who died soon after.
4kKg TIL that shrimp/prawns caught off the coast of Britain are sent to China to be hand-shelled and are then sent back to Britain to be sold.
nWVeY TIL that the last warlord of China lived until 2001. He fought both Japan and Chinese Communists; he later converted to Christianity and moved to Hawaii, where he died at age 100. Some of his children still live in the U.S. and are now presumably Americans.
DQoWV TIL TJ Maxx was originally a subsidiary of the now defunct Zayre Department store chain.