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TIL that until 2011, anything containing less than 10% alcohol in Russia was just considered foodstuff.

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nxXd TIL the reason that some people get embarrassed watching other people do cringeworthy things and others don’t has to do with how empathetic the person is.
rDod TIL in Titanic, Jack and Rose could both have survived if Rose took off her lifejacket and put it under the plank. It wasn’t a question of room, but buoyancy, and the lifejacket would have given the needed buoyancy for them both to survive. Some ingenuity would have saved them.
yPyX TIL that today is World Turtle Day. A day to bring attention to, increase knowledge of and respect for turtles and tortoises
VMN1p TIL, premature babies in incubators were a sideshow along the boardwalk at Coney Island in the late 19th and early 20th century. Incubators wouldn't be widely used in hospitals for several more decades.
4XJWJ TIL Foxconn's Longhua factory, responsible for manufacturing Apple's iPhones, had issues with workers committing suicide by jumping off buildings in response to poor working conditions. They tried to resolve the situation by installing large safety nets to catch falling bodies.