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TIL the modern drinking straw was developed to prevent tainting the flavor of a mint julip which happened when using a grass straw

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OGkDR TIL that All Quiet on the Western Front had a sequel. Although the first book's protagonist dies at the end, the Road Back focuses on the return of his demoralized comrades to a ruined German society.
kbE5 TIL there was a toilet paper shortage in the USA in 1973 caused by a joke on a talk show that convinced people to hoard toilet paper
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