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TIL surrogate alcohol is a thing, and a huge problem in Russia, where people will drink shoe polish, hairspray and cologne, 40,000 people per year die from alcohol poisoning there

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8aMlV TIL extermination camp Treblinka II was disguised as a transit camp for deportations further east, complete with made-up train schedules, a fake train-station clock with hands painted on it, names of destinations and a fake ticket window.
DkgP TIL Comcast charged a customer $60,000 in fees for cancelling a contract for services that were never installed and ten months past due. The fees were apparently credited after a media outlet’s involvement.
Dadj TIL James J. Hill, Canadian-American railroad executive, also known as “The Empire Builder”, was quoted: “Give me snuff, whiskey and Swedes, and I will build a railroad to hell.”
xrPo TIL that Raging Bull was shot in black and white for no artistic purpose; it was just because lighting equipment for shooting in color would be too expensive.
jNJOE TIL we perceive sound pitch logarithmically. The notes in a scale sound like they rise in equal steps but their vibrational frequencies are rising by equal multiples.