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TIL that the idea that caffeine makes you dehydrated is largely a myth

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xmRD TIL a Green Bay Packers fan who paid for game tickets by donating blood, had a rare, undiagnosed condition in which blood letting was the only treatment. Buying tickets continuously saved his life.
GYxY5 TIL that China has a strategic pork reserve of over 10,000 tonnes of frozen pork and has been eating it since Swine Fever hit the industry.
9YYEr TIL that Stewart Copeland's (drummer for The Police) father was a powerful CIA officer and was involved in overthrowing the governments of Syria and Iran
rnKW TIL the inventor of the heart stent approached numerous companies for funding and was rejected. It was funded by the owner of Fuddrucker’s restaurant, whom he met by chance on a golf course.
kmne TIL that Big Bertha, a gun used during WW1, was so powerful that troops had to move 300 yards away and put cotton wads in their ears, eyes, and nose, as well as open their mouths, so that their eardrums weren’t burst by the blast presure