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TIL Europeans Thought Coffee Was Satanic

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8KK4 TIL the 1976 Montreal Olympics had a budget of CDN$207 million but cost CDN$1.41 billion. A special tobacco tax was introduced in May 1976 to fund the loss, and it was finally paid off in 2006.
lbkK TIL The new age singer, Enya, boasts $169 million fortune, won’t listen to music by any other artist, and lives as a recluse in a castle with cats as her closest companions.
wokMM TIL that Stephen III of Moldavia handed the Ottoman Empire one of its greatest losses in 1475, despite being heavily outnumbered. After the battle, Stephen fasted for forty days and banned people from praising him for his success, saying that it belonged to God alone.
4X6ra TIL Dana Carvey underwent bypass surgery in 1997 and the surgeon operated on the wrong artery. After suing for medical malpractice, he won, donating his winnings to charity
VL68 TIL Women’s flapper fashion of the 1920’s valued small breasts and a thin boyish figure. Bras to flatten the chest were wildly popular