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TIL that in the 1600s, some monks in Germany only drank beer and water during their 40-day fast for lent. They concocted an “unusually strong” brew, full of carbohydrates and nutrients. In 2011, a journalist attempted to re-create their fast. He lost 25 pounds during the ordeal.

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a8JwJ TIL the rufous treepie, a bird in the raven family, has learned to steal lit candles from a temple in India. The candles use clarified butter for fuel so the treepies fly inside, grab one and fly away. Then they remove the wick and extinguish it before eating it and the butter.
9PRm TIL that the Colonel-In-Chief of the Norwegian Royal Guard is a penguin
eydb TIL the 1883 eruption on Krakatoa produced the loudest sound ever known it reverberated around the globe 7 times before diminishing. It could be heard 4,000 miles away, and people with in 100 miles had permenant hearing loss.
oby7 TIL Men in Black was based on a comic book, and instead of wiping witnesses’ minds, they simply killed them.
1Ja7 TIL The whoopee cushion is older than Christianity