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TIL Whiskey means "Water of Life"

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WkX84 TIL of Gad Beck, a Jew who borrowed a neighbour’s Hitler Youth uniform in 1942 and snuck into a pre-deportation camp to rescue his lover, Manfred Lewin. He got Lewin released by lying to the camps CO. Outside, Lewin said he couldn’t abandon his family and went back. Lewin and his family all died.
8eQrb TIL The flashing pattern of a lighthouse light is called a characteristic. Sailors know what lighthouse it is by referring to all the patterns on a chart called a "light list."
VBOvp TIL while people often use the words ‘sign’ and ‘symptom’ interchangeably, from a Medical perspective a Symptom is something only the sufferer can perceive, like dizziness or pain while a Sign is something objective that a another person can perceive, like a visible rash or elevated temperature.
nWrwb TIL a study in 2008 found that loud music in bars increases alcohol consumption because it makes people talk less and drink more
M7MkB TIL female marmosets are more likely to commit infanticide when they're pregnant and getting close to giving birth to increase their own baby's odds of having a successful life