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TIL pioneering shock rocker Alice Cooper credits golf with helping him overcome alcohol addiction and plays the game up to six days a week.

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E1DD7 TIL: there is a lake in Russia so contaminated with nuclear waste that standing on the bank for an hour will kill you.
1a6pO TIL that over 50k Australians signed a petition to change the name of their currency to "Dollarydoos"
r1N0 TIL The organization (OCEARCH) that tagged 2 great white sharks off of Cape Cod in September has an interactive shark tracker on their website so you can see where Genie and Mary Lee are hanging out.
95XB TIL that the Ritz-Carlton has for many years given staff $2,000 of discretion to be used to solve any customer complaint in the manner the employee feels is appropriate.
x6eLg TIL: The first chemotherapy drugs were derived from Mustard gas - a chemical warfare agent used during WWI