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TIL That The US Government Literally Poisoned Alcohol During Prohibition

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OoyGL TIL many sushi restaurants that serve "white tuna" are actually serving a different fish called escolar. Escolar consumption can lead to uncontrollable diarrhea due to the fish's toxicity, and is therefore banned in several Asian countries.
PJ6E TIL the last sonata Beethoven composed has little to do with classical music and more to do with with jazz and boogie-woogie, about a 100 years in advance; and he was completely deaf when he wrote it
1aAYW TIL it was assumed narcissists gravitated toward powerful positions in the workplace, but recent research suggests it's the other way around -- power itself may create narcissists.
AbQn TIL The song The Overload by Talking Heads was inspired by Joy Division. However, none of the members of Talking Heads had heard Joy Division’s music before the song was written or recorded, and it was instead inspired by what they imagined Joy Division sounded like, according to the music press.
jNB0E TIL three NASA astronauts once staged a "mutiny" in space during Apollo 7 by turning off radio communications for several hours in protest over working conditions. They were never allowed in space again.