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TIL Japanese research has concluded that moderate drinking can boost IQ levels.

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epAPb TIL that figure skating and ice hockey were featured events at the 1920 Summer Olympics. At the 1921 Olympic Congress though, it was decided that a Winter Olympics would be created for these events and for snow and ice sports which would have been logistically impossible to hold during the summer.
8eJeV TIL that because of the suspended game rule, Juan Soto played and hit a home run in a game that took place before his Major League debut.
XEwlR TIL that after Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated, his coffin was taken by train from New York to Washington DC and thousands gathered along the route to see it pass by. Paul Fusco photographed the crowds from the train.
DQDXJ TIL that it would take ~18months to walk the Great Wall of China 🇨🇳