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TIL to prove that coffee is unhealthy, King Gustav experimented with a twin, one drank enormous amounts of coffee, the other one, tea. Both samples outlived the researchers and King Gustav

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dyKj TIL that the highest flying bird is the Ruppell’s vulture; one was injested by a jet at 37,000 feet.
LG9m TIL Mississippi didn’t lift its ban on interracial marriage until 1987.
kXdE TIL in 2003, a korean taxi driver who was displeased with his medical treatment after a paralyzing stroke, boarded a subway train, carrying flammable liquid, and set himself on fire. Train insulation and interior were very flammable; fire spread, killing 192.
r9Zy TIL that the design of the I Want To Believe poster was changed throughout the X-Files series
PxDn TIL that Ron Jeremy has a masters degree in special education