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TIL Blue-eyed people tend to have a higher alcohol tolerance… and are therefore more likely to be drunks.

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a8NYL TIL the author of the opinion in US v. The Amistad, Justice Joseph Story, was played by retired Justice Harry Blackmun in the movie "Amistad"
7l5x TIL the unofficial fastest recorded time to drive from New York, New York to LA, California was 28 hours and 50 minutes in a 2004 Mercedes-Benz CL55 AMG
xr65 TIL that Rolex & Tudor are owned by Hans Wilsdorf Foundation, which is registered as a charitable foundation and saves on Swiss taxes. But their spokesperson declines to say what evidence is available to confirm that the Wilsdorf Foundation makes charitable donations!
1JOV TIL that there was a German spy sent into Canada during WW2, but he decided to use his funds to move to Ottawa and then surrendered to Canadian authorities - who let him go because he didn’t do any damage or even spying
1aAxP TIL In 2003, the U.S developed playing cards to help identify the most-wanted members of Saddam Hussein's government. 46 out of 52 have been captured.