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TIL in Curling, custom dictates that after every match, the winners buy losers a round of drinks

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YpmxP TIL The body of Mats Israelsson was preserved so well in vitriol in the Falun Mine that when his body was found 40 years after his death he looked like he had just died
164Ar TIL A UCSF study tested ‘Magic Mushrooms’ on people with Parkinson’s. Participants had meaningful improvements in their mood, cognition, and motor symptoms at both their one-week and one-month follow-up appointments.
gMDZD TIL The U.S.Military has a designated unit to rescue astronauts.
0wo5N TIL that there was an Indian Legion, also known as the "Indische Freiwilligen Legion der Waffen-SS", that joined the Nazis and fought in France, Italy, and the Battle of Berlin. Their goal was to gain independence for British-ruled India.
Oo6d4 TIL that when Sesame Street was first introduced to Japan back in 1971, the broadcaster aired the American version and initially targeted it to junior high school students because that was the level where Japanese kids began English lessons.