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TIL table beer was served in Belgian schools until the 1980s. It has been proposed to re-introduce this low alcohol beer (via http://ift.tt/2w7Pmvg

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OwV4 TIL in 2016, with the support of her mother, a U.K. teenage girl with terminal cancer successfully petitioned London’s High Court for the right to be cryogenically frozen. The girl died with the knowledge that she would be frozen, and her body was sent to the U.S. for long-term cryogenic storage.
jJRp TIL that Harry Houdini and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle used to be friends. The two had a falling out after Doyle refused to believe that Houdini wasn’t actually capable of magic.
W7d0X TIL the US Government once released its own video game to inform, educate, and recruit prospective soldiers.
wLEQ7 TIL: In 1976, the Chicago Sun-Times bought a bar so they could expose the corruption of city inspectors extracting bribes from local businesses.
7r76M TIL about ruby chocolate, a "fourth type" of chocolate (in addition to dark, milk, and white) introduced in 2017. It has a slightly sweet and sour flavor.