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TIL eating asparagus can help prevent hangovers by protecting the liver against the toxic effects of alcohol

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yb9l TIL An old woman came up to Stephen King in a supermarket and said “You are the horror writer. I don’t read anything that you do. I just like things more genuine, like that Shawshank Redemption.”
Lko0 TIL In August, 1864 President Lincoln lost his hat when his horse was startled by a loud noise. The hat was recovered later with a “bullet hole through the crown.” The loud noise had been an assassination attempt by an unknown sniper.
MeJv0 TIL that Alan Smithee was the official pseudonym film directors used when they wanted to disown a project.
0J5p TIL That there are plastic-eating marine bacteria that have caused the amount of plastic in the ocean to level off.
w4l7 TIL: Benjamin Franklin lived his life by 13 rules which he called the 13 virtues. He made these virtues when he was 20.