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TIL in 1854 men working in a brewery in London drank only beer which saved them from the Cholera outbreak

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jNEPp TIL that Royal Navy Submarines will, to this day, fly the Jolly Roger when returning to port. This is in response to an Admiral declaring that submarines were “underhanded, unfair and damned un-English” and all submariners should be “hung as pirates”
7rQZZ TIL that DC comics has a supervillain named Captain Nazi, whose powers include super strength, speed, stamina, and the ability to fly by breathing a "special flying gas".
kJpRE TIL the Founding Fathers of the USA advocated for a monarch-like system for the newly formed nation right after defeating Britain in the American Revolutionary War.
YpQaG TIL pinecones close when they get wet to make sure they disperse seeds on a dry day.
MeWVB TIL the anti-diabetic medication,metformin, is derived from French lilacs. In medieval times, French lilac was used to treat the symptoms of a condition we now know today as diabetes mellitus.