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TIL Beer was not considered alcohol in Russia until 2013.

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XEbYE TIL that some plants caffeinate their nectar because it helps bees remember where they are
neJ1W TIL grasshopper mice are unique in the rodent world because they eat a meat-based diet, including eating other mice, and are immune to scorpion venom - their bodies have evolved to use the toxin as a painkiller. They also howl at the moon, which lends to their nickname "werewolf mouse."
grWX7 TIL from 1971-1980, Australian songs topped the US Billboard Hot 100 chart 19 times - all of the songs involved the Bee Gees, Helen Reddy or Olivia Newton-John.
VpWD TIL there exists a series titled “Manga Bible,” an adaptation of the Christian Bible in manga form.
69WOX TIL John Salling was recognized as Virginia’s last surviving Confederate veteran and lived to 1959 at claimed age of 112. Later census research showed that Salling was born in 1858 rather than 1846 and Virginia State Library didn't have his war records