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TIL during Prohibition, winemakers sold "grape bricks" concentrated grape juice blocks with labels warning customers not to leave them in a cupboard for 20 days, lest they "accidentally" turn into wine.

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QJWvM TIL That Jack Daniel's HQ is in a dry county so their product is not available for purchase in the area. Also TIL: US has dry counties.
m1Nrv TIL After the Royal London Wax Museum in Victoria BC closed in 2010, the museum's general manager kept more than 200 wax figures in his basement. Each one has medical grade glass eyes, real human hair, and Queen Victoria has a prominent spot at his dining table
mroO TIL that the company that makes the Etch a Sketch was on the verge of bankruptcy when it agreed to let its drawing toy be featured in Toy Story 2. Although the scene featuring an Etch a Sketch was only 12 seconds long, it resulted in a 20 percent sales bump that helped to save the company.
xVErB TIL golf balls were once smooth. Golfers eventually realized that old, beat up balls flew farther. Modern day golf balls now have dimples around them because they increase turbulence, which allow them to fly farther.
loRB7 TIL Roy Cleveland Sullivan, nicknamed the "Human Lighting Rod," was struck by lightening on 7 different occasion between 1942 and 1977 and survived every strike