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TIL vodka can be made from whey- a dairy byproduct
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TIL of Tycho Brahe, an immensely rich Danish astronomer living in the 16th century that owned not only a midget that could predict the future, but also a pet elk that once drank too much beer on a party, fell down the stairs and died.
MdR8
TIL that Theodore Roosevelt, under threat of a bully at a bar and with a gun pointed at him, is told to make the man a drink, to this he stands up and says ‘Well, if I’ve got to, I’ve got to,’ and throws a right hook, knocking the man down. The bully later left town on a train.
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TIL when a witness refuses to answer a question because the answer may incriminate him, the judge may force him to answer anyway if he believes the answer actually would not incriminate him.
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TIL a Challenger space shuttle engineer, Allan McDonald, raised safety concerns against the wishes of his employer & NASA. He was ignored; a fatal accident resulted. When McDonald spoke out, he was demoted by his company. Congress stepped in to help him. He later taught ethical decision making.
JNml
TIL Walking Dead intentionally hires actors from the Wire, because the Walking Dead creator was a huge fan of the Wire.