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TIL Cats have whiskers on their front legs

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oBNGK TIL the U.S. government poisoned alcohol during Prohibition in the 20s and 30s, killing over 10,000 people.
p8X6O TIL for millennia, people slept in two shifts – once in the evening, and once in the morning. Biphasic sleeping is mentioned as early as the 8th Century BC, and appears to have remained the dominant, natural format up until the Industrial Revolution.
N7Yv8 TIL The Military Industrial Complex Created Caning to Preserve Food - Napoleon Offered Prize for New Food Preparation to Support Russian Invasion
bW40 TIL that the reason Ulysses S Grant was considered a “drunk” was because he only weighed 135 pounds and couldn’t handle his alcohol well
aynM TIL that in 1984 and 1985 New York City’s buses, subways and commuter railroads all stopped charging, from 8PM to 8AM, in an effort to discourage drunken driving.