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TIL that President Lincoln personally selected the Dakota who were hanged in the largest mass execution is US history.

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MXDK TIL that one company (Muzak) makes all the background music for malls, stores, and elevators
b9gK0 TIL there is no national minimum drinking age in the United States. Instead, a law called National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984 punishes states that allow anyone under 21 to purchase alcohol by cutting their federal highway funds by 10%. The last state to comply was Louisiana in 1987.
GA747 TIL apple juice has an ABV of up to 0.66% and grape juice has an ABV of up to 0.86%.
n5YW TIL on September 11, 1857, a wagon train heading through Utah toward California was attacked by a Mormon Militia. The militia had disguised themselves as Indians, but once it was suspected that their cover was blown, the Mormons feigned a truce and slaughtered 120 men, women, and children.
4X5da TIL Winston Churchill loved drinking. A visitor noted: "There is always some alcohol in his blood, and it reaches its peak late in the evening after he has had two or three scotches, several glasses of champagne, at least two brandies, and a highball..." Churchill passed away at the age of 90.