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TIL Rinsing with Xylitol sugar after brushing drastically reduces mouth bacteria

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j6Lxp TIL there was a proposed US annexation of the Dominican Republic under President Grant. The bill failed in the Senate because of Liberal Republican opposition, and directly contributed to the Liberal Republicans running Horace Greeley to oppose Grant in the 1872 election.
aw1Zy TIL: There's a tiny chunk of Russia located two countries west of Russia. Like East Germany, it's land the Red Army conquered in the last year of WWII. Unlike East Germany, the Russians are still in control of the ex-Prussian/ex-German area of Königsberg --called since WWII the Kaliningrad Oblast.
R7mb8 TIL that Stella Ella Ola, Quackdiddlyackle, ETC, has a bunch of regional variations.
oBAlA TIL the word 'assassin' comes from the order of Hashashins, a sect from the middle ages. Young boys were believed to be shown paradise by giving them cannabis (hashish). The leader would ask them to e.g. kill someone, 'so he could get them back to paradise' afterwards. They complied.
LkkM0 TIL Angus Young, the lead guitarist, and co-founder of AC/DC is a teetotaller!