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TIL there is an antidote for alcohol intoxication that never made it to the market

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9YQXM TIL that that black holes "spaghettify" any objects entering the black hole, stretching them out like spaghetti in a process called spaghettification.
Qygk TIL that in 1952 North Korea once held an “Inter Camp Olympics” for P.O.Ws as a publicity stunt, with some 500 prisoners taking part in events like American Football and Basketball.
d8D7r TIL Telsa Motors gets its "mode" names from the show Spaceballs, e.g. Ludacris and the new Plaid Mode.
e0yJn TIL That in New York City, some public high schools have an entrance exam called the SHSAT. Although the De Blasio Administration has tried replacing it due to Blacks and Latinos scoring disproportionately lowered, it caused widespread dissent among Asian Americans who desire to keep it in place.
yQPnp TIL in 1209, crusaders were sent to siege Béziers (in France) as many citizens had become heretics. Before the attack, the army asked the Pope's ambassador on how to distinguish between heretics and Catholics, he replied: "Kill them all; let God sort them out." All 20,000 inhabitants were killed.