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TIL Happy Hour is illegal in Ireland since 2003

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woeE7 TIL that before Jerry Lewis made it a part of his routine, "The Announcer's Test" was used to challenge the reading skills, diction, enunciation, and speed of prospective Radio Central New York announcers in the 1940's
PYrDL TIL that Github have an archive program, where they physically store almost all influential open-source projects in the Arctic World Archive (AWA), a project similar to the Svalbard Seed Vault. The intention is to aid future historians and technologists for at least a 1000 years.
5OdR TIL that in 1964 Zambia tried beating the US and the USSR in the space race. They used swings for zero gravity and rolling down a hill in barrels for turbulence training and a catapult to launch the 1,8mx3m rocket to the moon. The afronaut crew consisted of 10 Zambians, one 17y old girl and her cat.
KOVXa TIL though distilled water has a pH of 7 immediately after distillation, it becomes slightly acidic with a pH of 5.8 some time after distillation because it absorbs carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
wp5M TIL that ginger in a horses bum is something that actually had to be banned at horse shows. It’s used to liven up older horses.