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TIL that double reed wind instrument players were found to have lower rates of obstructive sleep apnea

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oRvrr TIL that there is a vast illegal black market for blood in India. Selling blood and paying donors in India is illegal, but across the country, a vast "red market" proliferates. People are even kept prisoner in 'Blood Farms' and harvested for their blood.
j76E TIL there’s a Darth Vader sculpture on the Washington National Cathedral
loQPV TIL Pilsner beer is from the city of Pilsen, Czech Republic. The city has been brewing beer since 1295 AD and Pilsner is regarded as the world's first pale lager.
QJ0mE TIL that the U.S. refused to repay massive revolutionary war debts to France after Frances own revolution, claiming the debt was owed to the prior regime
JXe4 TIL The Chappaquiddick incident, in which Senator Ted Kennedy accidentally drove his car off a bridge, abandoning his passenger who drowned. He did not report the incident for nine hours