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TIL there's a drug called Antabuse. It helps recovering alcoholics by making them very ill if they drink a small amount of alcohol.

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JvK8 TIL that Chinese authorities have created the world’s first mobile phone walking lane for pedestrians addicted to texting.
8aWjX TIL that in World War 2 the Japanese made American and Filipino soldiers walk 96.6 km or 60 miles. They were subjected to physical abuse and given little to no food and water. With the death of thousand of soldiers it is called the "Bataan Death March"
lma5 TIL Rolling luggage wasn’t invented until 1970, and initially stores didn’t want to stock it.
8yYZ TIL Canada has limits on how many coins you can use in a payment until the coins are no longer considered legal tender. (ex: Limit of $25 in $1 coins, $40 in $2 coins)
PQjV TIL that Salvador Dalí condemned clichés, stating: “The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a poet; the first to repeat it was possibly an idiot.” Ironically, in stating this he himself was repeating the words of poet Gérard de Nerval.