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6rNw TIL the US government poisoned alcohol as a deterrent during prohibition. This backfired when people didn’t stop and thousands of people died before prohibition ended.
R5g5Q TIL that John Cena had a Tic-Tac (the mints) addiction in his WWE days, eating three boxes a day before a match
e0rVL TIL 16 million US men, out of a total population of 140 million fought in WW2. That is a staggering 11% of the total population.
BXBD TIL Wil.I.Am created the Samurai Jack theme song
eprZD TIL During the Cultural Revolution of 1960s China, the Forbidden City was renamed the “Palace of Blood and Tears” by the Red Guards.