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TIL the US government poisoned industrial alcohol during Prohibition, leading to the deaths of around 10,000 people.

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g68y TIL That there is a Japanese word that refers to “the act of leaving a book unread after buying it, typically piled up with other unread books”
X1or TIL that in 1861 a slave took over on a confederate ship and delivered it to the Union. He later was given the ship to command during the Civil War. After the war he bought the house he was a slave in, and became a US congressman.
NX45b TIL Organized cheerleading began in the 1870s as an all-male activity. Women weren't permitted to participate in cheerleading until 1923, with newspapers and manuals still referring to cheerleaders as "chap", "fellow", or "man" at the time.
NXVd6 TIL about Harland Fairweather, who died in April 2017, aged 97. He was survived by his mother, who died five months later at age 117.
9Yr5G TIL Audi had to use more durable horns in Indian-market cars, as their normal horns would have been unable to cope with the amount of honking Indian drivers do.