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TIL There is a pharmaceutical treatment for alcoholism that is 75-85% effective. It’s a standard treatment for alcoholism in Finland, but is relatively unknown in North America.

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KbkQ TIL that in 1933 Soviet Russia dumped 6200 people on an island in Siberia and left them to their fate. A month later 4000 of them were dead.
BRlb TIL Matt Stone & Trey Parker had people warn them that there would be Mormon protests surrounding their musical “The Book of Mormon”, but the church has had a great sense of humor about it, even advertising in some BOM playbills with phrases like “the book is always better”
mprv TIL: CSPAN was created by the cable companies in 1979 as a free public service for all. Anyone could watch live our Congress doing their jobs. Now? C-SPAN requires verification of a cable or satellite subscription but hopes someday they can be free to the general public again.
LWEP TIL there is believed to be a branch of the French royal house of Bourbon in India.
X0x8 TIL the Ol’ Dirty Bastard from the Wu-Tang Clan was once arrested for stealing a $50 pair of shoes, even though he had close to $500 cash on him at the time.