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TIL 30% of American adults do not consume any alcohol ever

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b6kW9 TIL the 2008 song “There’s No One as Irish as Barack O’bama” became a minor hit in the Irish market
P1LgZ TIL that certain BEST Products stores were built with unique & controversial architecture. Stores such as the "Peeling Building", "Forest Building", "Tilt Building", "Inside/Outside Building" and others helped generate commercial success for the company at the time. (Zoomable store photos on link)
7P4L TIL that in 2005, Jeanna Giese became the first human being to survive rabies
wAMM TIL Paul McCartney covered his own album “Ram” entirely in an “Easy Listening” format under the name Percy Thrillington.
8eEXZ TIL Hongmen Feast Incident. After the Qin Dynasty's fall, rebel leader Xiang Yu held a feast for his co-rebel & rival, Liu Bang. In the party, Xiang arranged for a sword dancer to kill Liu during his performance, but Liu was saved by one of his friends, who got up and danced with the sword-dancer.