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TIL that 0.7 percent of the world’s population is estimated to be drunk at any given time (roughly 52 million people)

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aw0My TIL in 1926, the US Federal government poisoned alcohol in a effort to end alcohol consumption during Prohibition. By the end of Prohibition, 10,000 Americans died due to alcohol poisoning.
ymba TIL a shot glass filled with neutron star matter would weigh as much as Mount Everest.
gMQQ9 TIL the 1958 horror movie "The Blob" had a bizarrely ridiculous but awesome theme song.
epPBk TIL about LEGO Braille Bricks. They have been specifically designed for visually impaired children and adults. Each brick includes the braille code for the alphabet in various languages to help children explore new ways to learn
grL69 TIL Rosa Parks received social justice training at Highlander Folk School in Tennessee prior to her civil disobedience arrest in Alabama. Dr Martin Luther King Jr also trained there.