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TIL - President Franklin D Roosevelt received a truckload of Yuengling beer delivered to the Whitehouse the day prohibition was ended.

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mByY TIL of “Fan Death”, a well known myth in South Korean culture, that running an electric fan in a closed room with unopened or no windows can lead to death. Despite no concrete evidence to support the concept, fan death persists due to its popularity as an urban myth or superstition.
rN0ww TIL that NASA’s computers for the Apollo 11 mission in 1969 had less processing power than a modern smartphone. The guidance computer had only 64KB of memory and ran at 0.043 MHz.
OGagg TIL In the early 1900s you could buy Ponds medicated tampons that were soaked in opium and belladonna to relieve cramps and menstrual pains. There are artifacts in the Pharmacy Museum in New Orleans.
KRB4 TIL the use of sunscreen can cause coral bleaching; the main component of sunscreen, titanium dioxide, forms hydrogen peroxide, OH- and superoxides (O2-) in water, all of which contribute to coral bleaching. 10% of bleached coral is estimated to have been caused by sunscreen alone.
QLyX TIL it was no coincidence “Antz” was released a month before Disney/Pixar “A Bugs life”. Pixar had been working on Bugs Life for much longer. Antz was made by a former Disney employee who didn’t leave on good terms. He sped up the production admitting his intentions were to “Battle Disney”