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TIL the transplanted lungs didn’t come from the Aurora Colorada victim

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EgYep TIL the Japanese government launched Sake Viva, a contest to encourage young people to drink more and so boost tax revenues.
yQ7Je TIL that 'Song 2' by Blur was almost cut as it was a deliberately-basic song the band never took seriously, but record execs liked it when it was on the list of possible singles; the band never bothered to change the album's tracklist placeholder, and coincidentally is 2:02 in length
rNprd TIL that during the Great Depression, President Franklin D. Roosevelt once said, “As long as our country has Shirley Temple, we will be all right.”
mekE TIL in the 1980s, the Swiss government attempted to fight rampant drug usage in Zurich by allowing drug sales and consumption to happen in Platzspitz Park. Addicts numbered up to 20'000 at a time and dealers had open drug markets and stalls and fought violently for control of the park.
QJw7e TIL of William Feehan, who was the oldest first responder killed on 9/11 at the age of 71. He had served in the Fire Department of New York for more than four decades, served at every rank achievable, and reportedly knew the location of every fire hydrant in NYC.