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TIL that in an effort to reduce childhood obesity, Belgium substituted beer for soft drinks in school lunches

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vAM8 TIL that the iconic Nokia 3310s battery capacity is 3 - 4 times less than an average smartphone today.
WkORo TIL The first recorded instance of a person living in three centuries was that of Margaret Ann Neve, a woman from the British island of Guernsey who lived from 1792 to 1903.
nWkN9 TIL the artillery officer of France declared "I've got more guns than I need" before the Dien Bien Phu battle, but he soon committed suicide after outgunned by the Vietnamese
Lrn9 TIL Britain used the Australian outback as a nuclear testing ground, exploding seven Atomic Bombs at Maralinga in the south-west Australian outback.
KeZE TIL that penny dreadfuls, pulp novels from the 1800s, were once blamed for the criminal behavior of young men in the same way that video games are blamed today.