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TIL States could make the minimum drinking age 18, but the Federal government would take away tax dollars given to them

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PKWe TIL The first Tour de France winner was disqualified because he cheated by taking the train
Lkrdr TIL a Troy ounce of Gold is more than twice as valuable as a Troy ounce of platinum
M7R5A TIL about the least weasel, the smallest member of the genus Mustela. Relative to body size, the weasel has a stronger bite force than a lion, tiger, hyena, or even a bear. Though it happens rarely, least weasels are capable of killing prey far larger than themselves.
16OO TIL that, contrary to depictions in science fiction, the human body can briefly survive in outer space unprotected, and that the human skin doubles in size, more resembling a body builder than a balloon.
0w9wN TIL Madame Tussaud, of Wax Museum fame, was an artist in the court of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. During the French Revolution, she was forced to make wax death masks of both of their faces immediately after they were guillotined.