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TIL Hangovers cost an estimated $220 Billion loss in productivity per year

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m1j1x TIL that the “eternal flame” at the JFK memorial was accidentally doused 15 days after it was lit in 1963 by kids pouring Holy water on it. It was extinguished one other time in 1967 when the transformer powering the spark igniter was flooded and shorted out during a rain storm.
XEBEk TIL that Chrissie Hynde of The Pretenders, in an attempt to obtain a visa to live in England, almost married Sid Vicious of the Sex Pistols. The registrar's office was closed when the couple arrived and the marriage never went ahead.
5Vo7B TIL Senator Benjamin Tillman once called his fellow Senator from South Carolina, John L. McLaurin, corrupt. In return, McLaurin called Tillman a liar. Tillman then punched McLaurin in the face and McLaurin punched Tillman in the nose. The Sergeant at Arms and other Senators intervened to stop them.
VMO9m TIL the National Institutes of Health concluded in a 2019 analysis that PFAS are in the blood of 97 percent of Americans.
bpwa TIL Author J K Rowling wrote the final chapter of the last Harry Potter book in ‘something like 1990’, seven years before the release of the first book.