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TIL Alcohol and Beer companies are one of the top five opponents to marijuana legalization.

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ZpKo4 TIL people on the Northern Hemisphere sees the Moon upside down and people on the Equator sees the Moon changing its top and bottom according to moonrise and moonset
R7lJl TIL there's as much recoverable gold in 35 cell phones as there is in one ton of gold rich ore.
1krV TIL that a police officer can be rejected from joining the force for having too high of an IQ score.
Oo9K6 TIL a slave was indicted for waging war against the state and was later sentenced to be hanged for treason. Two dissenting judges argued that a slave, being a noncitizen, could not commit treason. He was later pardoned.
d8OpZ TIL that “Weird Al” Yankovic sought permission from Coolio before making “Amish Paradise”, offering a percentage of the revenues, but he declined. Coolio later stated that it was a stupid decision and that he wished somebody had stopped him.