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TIL that Steven Bradbury, the Australian who won an Olympic gold in speed skating because everyone else fell down, owns a brewery called Last Man Standing

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8QpP TIL that a Russian mafia boss wrote, produced, directed and starred himself in a TV series about Russian organized crime. 10 members were arrested and 1 was murdered during production of the series that got a 100% rating.
W7rn4 TIL of the 85 known drugs that interact with grapefruit, 43 can have serious side-effects including sudden death, acute kidney failure, respiratory failure, gastrointestinal bleeding, and bone marrow suppression in people with weakened immune systems.
peBO TIL Samurai in Japan were allowed to execute civilians who paid them disrespect.