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TIL water is not actually flavorless but more close to sour in the taste pallet

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b9d9a TIL that the Italian-American Civil Rights League was founded by the mafia to improve the image of mobsters. They forced the producer of the The Godfather to remove all references to the word 'mafia' from the screenplay even though the novel repeatedly uses the word.
RDA4 TIL that until the late 19th century shoe pairs were made with no difference between the right and left shoe. They were made with two identical straight “lasts” that would constitute the pair.
x4yB TIL capital letters were stored in the upper tray for typefaces. This is why they’re called uppercase.
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m5JE TIL That Assisted suicide is legal in Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Switzerland and three American states (Oregon, Washington, and Montana).