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TIL that beer cans in Japan have braille on them so blind people don’t confuse alcoholic drinks with soft drinks

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g1x7 TIL that Katey Sagal (Married With Children, Futurama, Sons of Anarchy) has twin sisters who had their own TV show in the 80’s called Double Trouble
oBvNR TIL that Cormac McCarthy writes all of his books on a 1963 Lettera typewriter. In 2009, he sold his typewriter sold at auction for $254,500. He spent $20 to buy an identical replacement.
kJnne TIL elite chess grandmasters can play multiple games of chess blindfolded simultaneously with great success
8ejL TIL that in ancient Japan, buddhist monks mummified themselves by following a strict diet and drinking poisonous tea over a 10 year period. This was seen as the ultimate act of self denial.
wOMY TIL Haydn wrote a symphony nicknamed “the Palindrome” in which halfway through the 3rd movement, it is played the same way as the beginning, only backwards.