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TIL that Even Though A Fart Can Make It Through Pants, A Mask Can Still Protect You From A Virus

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5Ra8 TIL that in 1974, Basil Brown, a 48-year-old health food advocate from Croydon, England, drank himself to death by consuming 10 gallons (37.85 litres) of carrot juice in ten days, causing him to overdose on vitamin A and suffer severe liver damage.
rRNx4 TIL that whilst Filming the Wizard of Oz, Judy Garland was shunned by the Scarecrow, Tinman and Cowardly Lion due to jealousy. Her only friend on the set was Margaret Hamilton who played the Wicked Witch of the West
vg1x TIL experiments were held that tested responses to potential threats from white and black strangers. The results determined that unarmed blacks were shot more than whites, even among black subjects tested. “The trend is less likely a function of active prejudice than of ambient social stereotypes.”
JYjMv TIL that rubber bullets were invented by the British Ministry of Defence for use against rioters in the Troubles in Northern Ireland, first used there in 1970
ANOQB TIL: The villains in the first Sherlock Holmes (1887) story were a group of Mormons