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TIL that Farm Animals Get 80 Percent of Antibiotics Sold in the U.S.

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5YGLn TIL that the 1904 Olympics Marathon was a total mess. One did most of the marathon in a car, another ate rat poison but survived and one took a nap by the side of the road for some part of the marathon.Details in the link.
X4jX TIL that the ancient board game “Go” was being played at a tournament in Hiroshima in 1945, when the atomic bomb went off only 3 miles way. Though the building was damaged and people were injured, they finished the match later that same afternoon (white won)
YENB TIL that people can get high be eating honey made from bees that live near poppy fields.
JYWQ1 TIL that Theodore Roosevelt watched Duke Ellington ( a famous black pianist) and his friends play baseball when he was very young
1akvd TIL At the end of high school, Donald Glover, aka Childish Gambino, was voted “Most Likely to Write for The Simpsons.” Then at the age of 23, Glover was hired by Tina Fey to write for 30 Rock after he submitted a spec script (a non-commissioned unsolicited screenplay) about The Simpsons.