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TIL: Belarusians are the Heaviest Drinkers in the World

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R7PG6 TIL the lowest form of accommodation in Victorian England was access to bend over a rope for the night for the price of a penny. It is said to be the origin of the term "Hungover".
Y56x TIL absinthe doesn’t actually make you hallucinate
X0ZwX TIL about Planet Nine, a hypothetical Ninth Planet in our Solar System that appears to have gravitational effects on a cluster of objects past the orbit of Neptune, and is 5-10x bigger than the Earth
69Q6J TIL that British General Bernard Montgomery was asked for his advice on The US War in Vietnam. He said that the US had no coherent strategy and no central oversight. He then asked Moshe Dayan to tell the American military authorities, that he thought they were crazy.
eXaL TIL the United Arab Emirates seriously consider building an artificial mountain to change the climate