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TIL The “Feast of the Wine” was a festival in Ancient Greece celebrating the “Month of the New Wine," using the minerals gypsum & lime to reduce the acidity of the wine.

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DjVe TIL If it wasn’t for Jupiter’s gravitational pull, Earth would have been destroyed by meteors by now
6EYKZ TIL Radio and TV stations don't have random letters assigned. The K prefix is for stations west of the Mississippi River, and the W prefix is for stations east of the Mississippi River. Military stations use the prefix N.
yVrrX TIL the largest and most expensive animatronic Disney developed, the Yeti in "Expedition Everest," is stuck in stationary mode as the cement supporting the Yeti isn't perfect and Disney doesn't want to risk the animatronic moving and falling on guests.
dG79 TIL that “On Broadway” versus “Off Broadway” refers not to location but theater capacity. A play/musical is considered “on Broadway” if the theater seats 500+ while an “off Broadway” theater seats between 100-499. “Off off Broadway” refers to venues that seat less than 100.
D1rlD TIL :Police in West Midlands, U.K. have hung posters with photographs of staring eyes exploiting a phenomenon called “gaze detection". While humans evolved it to avoid being eaten by predators, some law enforcement agencies believe that it might actually help to deter some crimes.