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TIL 'Detoxing' your body is a myth.

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p8lbZ TIL “Pop goes the Weasel” is about booze. Pop is English slang for pawning and weasel is for a suit. The Eagle was a London pub. “Up and down the city road, in and out of The Eagle, that’s the way the money goes, pop goes the weasel” means drinking until you need to pawn things to buy more booze.
J9P4 TIL John Williams has been nominated for an Academy Award 50 times, and only won 5 times - the last in 1993, for Schindler’s List
yQ4oM TIL about Hafrún, a 507 year old clam which holds the distinction of being the oldest individual animal ever discovered. In 2006 it was killed by British researchers who didn't realize it's age.
MD8V TIL that one of the originally pitched names for Hannah Montana was Alexis Texas.
6MWX TIL that over 5,135 patent applications have been restricted from publication under the Invention Secrecy Act of 1951. Photovoltaic Generators w/ over 20% efficiency and Energy Conversion Systems “in excess of 70-80%” efficiency are subject to restriction in the name of National Security.