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TIL the Mississippi River ran backwards in 1812

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ANKMa TIL Weird Al turned down a $5 million beer endorsement deal. He thought it was ethically wrong because a lot of his fans were young and impressionable.
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p8vXp TIL that 10% of drinkers consume over 50% of the alcohol.
ne1bY TIL When recording with Bowie in Berlin, Brian eno would use whatever loose change he had in his pocket to buy a U-Bahn subway ticket to however far that cash would take him, and then spend the day exploring there. Bowie says they took that approach to recording the album
x6AAw TIL The average human spends 1.5 years on the toilet.