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TIL that Turkish people drink more tea than British people.

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GAD1G TIL Lynyrd Skynyrd's final album featured the band engulfed in flames on the cover and was released just 3 days before their fatal plane accident that took lives of some of the members. The album was quickly pulled, and the cover was replaced but was later restored.
R5ej1 TIL that during the Vietnam War, U.S. forces faked a vampire attack to scare Viet Cong soldiers by draining a corpse’s blood and leaving puncture wounds to exploit local vampire folklore.
kJJAB TIL that the infamous "Meat Dress" Lady Gaga wore in 2010 has since been preserved by taxidermists who converted it into a form of beef jerky. Over twelve years later the dress is still intact and on display in Las Vegas.
Y7G7G TIL that 5 players played all nine positions in one game in MLB history.
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