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TIL that most wine does not improve with age and 90% ought to be consumed within 12 months

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m1WRY TIL in order to end the My Lai Massacre, Hugh Thompson Jr. landed his helicopter between civilians and advancing American troops, ordering his own men to fire on any troops that would attack civilians. He was condemned and ostracized by the US military, government, and public.
LQB0Q TIL Lord Byron wasn't allowed to have a dog while he was a student at Cambridge, so he kept a bear in his dorm room because the campus rules didn't forbid bears.
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LmmZ TIL that Vladimir the Great chose to convert to Christianity instead of Islam, mainly because Islam doesn’t allow alcoholic consumption. He remarked “Drinking is the joy of all Rus’. We cannot exist without that pleasure.”