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TIL Schlitz used to shine UV light on their beer and market it as a health food: Sunshine Vitamin D Beer

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M7ZGV TIL Unit 731 did human drying experiments to find that our body is 78% water
aw1do TIL that the greatest time difference between to points on earth is 26 hours and it's between two neighboring islands in the Pacific Ocean, the Line Islands and the Howland Islands.
rR1v1 TIL that a small town in West Virginia asked the Soviet Union and East Germany for help with replacing a bridge after being ignored by the West Virginian goverment. The Soviets sent a journalist to investigate and within one hour the state finally agreed to pay for it.
LpBv TIL when Andrew Niccol directed Lord of War he purchased 3000 real Kalashnikov automatic rifles because they were cheaper than prop guns
X0QoE TIL - guitars exist without a tuner head thing