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TIL Space Jam is the highest grossing basketball film ever made

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W7x48 TIL that Rose's lime juice was the world's first commercially produced fruit concentrate.
6EX1Y TIL Congress passed a law in 1973 that mandated safety features to prevent a car from starting unless the driver buckled their seatbelt; the technology was mostly effective, but was so unpopular with voters that Congress was pressured to repeal the law just one year later in 1974
ljQN TIL there was once a Viking king who ruled as the King of England…for about 5 weeks.
gnl7 TIL that a Pythagorean Cup, also known as a Greedy Cup, is made to spill its contents if too much wine is poured in, encouraging moderation
0dgRA TIL the ankle–brachial index is the ratio of the blood pressure at the ankle to the blood pressure in the upper arm. Measurements are taken when the person is lying down, face upwards on a table without the head or extremities dangling over the edges. It's used to check for peripheral artery disease