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TIL: MGM studio placed 16 year old Judy Garland on a diet of chicken soup, black coffee, cigarettes, and amphetamines to keep her appetite under control

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EgE5o TIL that the 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora wiped out an entire civilization: it killed all of the inhabitants of the island of Sumbawa, resulting in the extinction of their culture and language. The remains of their town, which had about 10,000 residents, were rediscovered nearly 2 centuries later.
w1L1 TIL: The sequel to the original “101 Dalmatians” book involved an alien dog coming to earth and inviting all the Earth dogs back to his home planet to avoid human nuclear war.
96mX TIL Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner eat dinner every night at Carl’s house off of TV stands while watching movies together
kOVOE TIL that the first 3 years are crucial for the development of a child's brain and those formative first years will have a high impact in his life as an adult: Children reared with a solid educational foundation are many times more likely to graduate from college and find higher paying jobs.
KOkgQ TIL about Kiviak, a traditional Inuit food from Greenland that consists of up to 500 small birds stuffed into a seal skin and left to ferment for several months. "The fermented intestinal fluids are sucked out from the whole birds, or used as a sauce for other foods."