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TIL that in the 1830s, ketchup was sold as medicine, claiming to cure ailments like indigestion and diarrhea. It was Dr. John Cook Bennett who added tomatoes to ketchup, previously a fish-based sauce, and promoted its medicinal properties.

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OoN44 TIL that for the film 'Green Book', Kris Bowers had to step in to play piano for Mahershala Ali, since the original recordings were too low-quality to use. Bowers had never heard of Don Shirley before he was asked this, and had to teach Ali to play piano realistically for the part.
6E9xY TIL of a form of medieval torture, where the victims feet were covered in salt water and then a goat would start licking them. Sometimes the laughter and stress from the intense tickling resulted in a heart attack or a brain hemorrhage.
Br6Vr TIL that the territory of Jammu and Kashmir have two capitals. In the winter, the capital is Jammu and in the summer the capital switches to Srinagar
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