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TIL Coffee is a great source of antioxidants, and for many people, it's their largest source of antioxidants.

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nWyAr TIL that if there was a nationwide blackout, in as little as a month, nations would collapse, and if it lasted up to a year, about 90% of the US's population would die.
mxwXp TIL that in UK sign language, the sign for Scotland is bagpipes, which is a sound a deaf person wouldn't hear. I got this because I watched a briefing from 10 Downing Street.
dp7Z TIL that Jean Sylvain Bailly, the mayor of Paris and a renowned scientist was executed during the Reign of Terror. While being led to the guillotine a member of the crowd mocked “Do you tremble, Bailly” and was met with the response “Yes but only from the cold”.
R7vR6 TIL Gerard Philips, founder of multinational Royal Philips now valued at 30+ billion dollars, was first cousin to Karl Marx.
4kBRw TIL it was illegal to dry clothes on a clothesline in most states in USA, until 2013 when a Right To Dry bill was passed in several states.