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TIL Stephen Fry is bipolar and when asked if he wished to undo the effects of manic depression he replied “Not for all the tea in China.”

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JLLm TIL that in 2008 “Due to a technical error” wine replaced water in dozens of homes during the Italian grape festival in Marino, Italy.
pLy4 TIL of Buzzwinkle. An urban Moose in Anchorage, AK whom was found drunk on crabapples in a bar and who walked around the city adhering to crosswalks.
neDbb TIL there are two types of amnaesia - retrograde (where you lose past memories but can form new ones) and anterograde (where you can't form new memories).
rRDP4 TIL after the 2001 Anthrax Attacks, a postal facility in Brentwood, Washington DC was contaminated with the spores & remained closed for 24 months. Its clean up process cost $125 million
DJGP TIL The Railroad Commission of Texas regulates the oil and gas industry, pipeline safety, the coal and mining industry, but NOT railroads.