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TIL, different types of music affected the taste of wine.

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5659 TIL JFK may have survived his assassination if it were not for the fact he was wearing a brace for his bad back. Oswald’s first shot hit him in the shoulder and chest, but the brace prevented him from slumping over, allowing Oswald to get a more accurate shot to the head.
NXmkJ TIL James Cameron has directed "the most expensive movie ever made" five separate times
4XbjX TIL about Dagen H day. On September 3, 1967 Sweden switched from driving on the left-hand side of the road to the right, causing a brief but monumental traffic jam.
b94mN TIL that after History Channel launched a show called Human Weapon the Discovery Channel aired a copycat show called Fight Quest. Discovery hired an MMA fighter who had defeated the host of History Channel’s show.
wlYE TIL in the 1960s the FDA mysteriously banned the use of the miracle berry, a fruit which makes sour foods taste sweet and was being developed as a safe alternative to sugar.