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TIL Laphroaig scotch whisky was legal in the US during prohibition because the authorities thought it was so foul tasting no one would ever want to get drunk off it

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LkGP9 TIL that in 2008 suspected serial murderer Ricky Simonds was found dead of heat stroke in the trunk of his ex-girlfriends car. Investigators on the case believe Simonds was waiting in the trunk to ambush and murder his ex-girlfriend, when he became locked in the vehicle.
OmOe TIL Oxpeckers, the small birds you see in photos perching on antelopes & wildebeests (Elephants shake them off usually), were once thought to help by eating illness-causing ticks. It was found that the birds open wounds wider and drink the blood of their hosts - they’re parasites themselves.
AlYa TIL that in WWII just 1.6% of the US Navy (submarines) sunk 55% of the Japanese fleet.(Crossposted from r/CredibleDefense)
m4Rp TIL in 1914 Henry Ford doubled his worker’s wages out of pocket, causing wages to rise competitively nation wide. He profited as sales increased now that many more Americans could afford his Model T.
yVnEJ TIL American socialite and art collector Peggy Guggenheim claimed to have slept with over 1,000 men, many of them well known artists and writers. Among her known friends and lovers were Marcel Duchamp, Samuel Beckett and Max Ernst (who was also her second husband).