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TIL American beer is generally bland because 19th-century brewers were trying to convince Prohibition supporters that beer was a healthier and cleaner drink than whiskey and other liquors

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j6roX TIL that there is an ALS-Parkinson's-dementia overlap syndrome seen almost exclusively in Guam called lytico-bodig disease. It was first reported in 1904 and by the 1950s had become the leading cause of death on the island before largely disappearing. The cause remains unknown.
pGPQ Today I learned that Gavin Free of Youtube’s TheSlowMoGuys was the Slow Motion Cinematographer for Hot Fuzz, the Red vs. Blue Series, and Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows
X0XKQ TIL aircraft carriers have "barricades" set up - giant tennis nets essentially - to catch landing fighters that failed to hook onto the arresting cables.
yXdp TIL Wrongfully executed Timothy Evans had stated that a neighbor was responsible for the murders of his wife and child, when three years later it was discovered that he was indeed right.
OoXK4 TIL that falcons are more closely related to parrots and songbirds than they are to hawks.