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TIL prohibition era grape juice mix came with a warning: “After dissolving the brick in a gallon of water, do not place the liquid in a jug away in the cupboard for twenty days, because then it would turn into wine”

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X064k TIL that when Sebastian Shaw arrived at the set of Return of the Jedi, he ran into his friend Ian McDiarmid (Palpatine). When McDiarmid asked Shaw what he was doing there, Shaw responded, "I don't know, dear boy, I think it's something to do with science-fiction." Shaw was the face of Darth Vader.
awevb TIL Car and Driver testing revealed that the Lincoln Continental Mark V was quieter than the Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow and had better city fuel economy.
Nk46 TIL Habitual mouthbreathing can cause crowding of the teeth and drastically change the shape of your face.
E14ld TIL there exists a frog so hardcore that when threatened, it breaks its own bone to create a shiv to shank you with.
yQ5AX TIL Former US President Calvin Coolidge enjoyed “buzzing for his bodyguards and then hiding under his desk as they frantically searched for him”