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TIL Mountain Dew was originally invented as a mixer for whiskey

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e0bZ6 TIL Intelligence officers often use the acronym MICE to describe the four main motives for spying: Money, Ideology, Compromise, Ego
ApBa TIL-Evidence mounts that sea cucumber extracts can kill cancer cells while stimulating the immune system.Previous research on sea cucumber has demonstrated its ability to kill lung, breast, prostate, skin, colon, pancreatic, and liver cancer cells.
W750L TIL that the UK royal family has a surname: Mountbatten-Windsor (formerly just Windsor).
NlW6 TIL of the almost 200 current member states of the United Nations, the British have, at some point in history, invaded and established a military presence in 171 of them.
xEx5 TIL during The Battle of Shiloh, many soldier’s wounds were luminescent. Those with glowing wounds had a higher chance of survival, hence the name, “Angel Glow”.