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TIL alcohol is ranked higher than almost all drugs in terms of harm it causes

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LkyoV TIL that Joshua Norton, most famous for proclaiming himself "Emperor of the United States", once successfully stopped a race riot by standing between the rioters and Chinese labourers and repeatedly reciting the Lord's Prayer until they dispersed
6xZw TIL that to leave a social gathering without saying goodbye to anyone is called the “Irish goodbye” or the “French leave”. The French call it the “filer à l'anglaise”.
PYZZV TIL about Obstetrical Forceps, a tool used like a pair of pincers to literally pull out stuck babies during births.
loYgA TIL the University of Montreal attempted to conduct a study in 2009 on male pornography consumption but was unable to put together a control group because they were unable to find men who had never watched porn
DQoEp TIL That Dreamworks owns the "film rights" to Martin Luther King Jr.'s quotes