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

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9WeD TIL that the FBI assigned a team to Sacha Baron Cohen during the filming of Borat due to numerous reports of a “Middle eastern man traveling the Midwest in an ice cream truck.”
yxZw TIL that Australia uses the motion of the ocean to generate zero-emission electricity and desalinate water simultaneously
DvWP TIL Director John Ford was sent to the island of Midway to film a documentary on life at a small, isolated military base. He ended up getting caught in the Battle for Midway; he filmed the entire thing and was also injured during the fight.
eQ1D TIL that the assertion from Jurassic Park that T-Rex was unable to see anything not moving is false and a study suggests that they even had better vision than modern day hawks and eagles.
knWE TIL to be branded an outlaw meant that you lived without the protection or safety of the law, and thus you could killed or robbed with impunity.