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TIL there is a bottle of vodka that costs $3.75 million, and is filtered through sand made from crushed diamonds and gems.

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j6onR TIL in 1940, the UK proposed a UK-France merger, so the countries would be seen as a single country for the duration of WW2. This included shared citizenship, resources, defence, and policies. If the proposal was made just a few days earlier, there is belief it would have been carefully considered.
BrV0K TIL: A book created by nazi doctors by means of dissecting thousands of executed prisoners is still used today as one of the most detailed medical books for surgeons. It’s quoted as being one of the great moral enigmas
xyQB TIL that over 90% of pregnancies in the United Kingdom and Europe with a diagnosis of Down syndrome are terminated.
BrVxd TIL Stephen King's 1974 novel, Carrie, was rejected by 30 publishers before Doubleday bought it and paid him a $2,500 advance. The hardcover sold only 13,000 copies, but Signet bought the paperback rights for $400,000, finally allowing King to quit teaching and become a full-time writer.
oMlo TIL that the color orange was named after the orange fruit. Up until the 1500’s, the color was referred to as “saffron” or simply “yellow-red.”