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TIL Monty Python and the Life of Brian would have never been made without £2 million in financing from George Harrison

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yQRma TIL about Sister Doris Engelhard of Mallersdorf Abbey, the last nun working in Europe as a brewmaster. The abbey brews about 80,000 gallons of beer a year, all of which is consumed locally. The beer is untreated and needs to be drunk while it is still fresh.
yQO7X TIL two-thirds of the way between your 31st and 32nd birthdays, you will turn one billion seconds old.
78OkL TIL Candlewicks are asymmetrical braiding. When it burns it curls on that side. Before that invention you had to trim the wick every few hours as your candle would smoke.
MkJV TIL that ocean fish, rays, turtles and sharks stop at cleaning stations, where smaller shrimp and fish clean them of parasites, even swimming into their mouth and gills to do a thorough job.
1gK4 TIL that brushing your teeth before breakfast instead of afterwards is healthier, and that brushing your teeth right after eating acidic foods, like oranges, damages your teeth permanently.