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TIL mixing your drinks with diet soda gets you drunk 18% faster than regular soda.

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VBlZp TIL After receiving two arrows to the face at the battle of Neville's Cross, King David of Scotland fled and tried to hide under a bridge. When he was eventually spotted by enemies, he managed to fight back and knocked out two of his captor's teeth. He survived and lived for 25 more years
N7BLM TIL A solar super storm on July 23 2012 missed Earth by just 9 days. If it had hit, as one did in 1859, it would have sent us back to the 18th century overnight, rendering our electrical systems inoperable (incl. satellites).
NXw06 TIL in mid-1843, writer Charles Dickens began to suffer from financial problems, and matters worsened when his publishers threatened to reduce his monthly income. To prevent this, Dickens’ spent 6 weeks obsessively writing a novella. The result? “A Christmas Carol” - which sold out in 3 days.
oBLr8 TIL that so many of the vegetables we eat including Broccoli, Cabbage and Brussel sprouts can all be traced back to one common ancestor
kbvB TIL that Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory had trouble castin the Oompa Loompas because since it was filmed in Germany the nazi regime had exterminated most dwarfs.