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TIL important matters in ancient Persia were decided drunk and then again once sober.

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WE8 TIL ice can be one of 15 different solid phases
yQODw TIL the aviation industry always uses "deaths per km" to quote safety to the public, while internally insurers use "deaths per journey", where air travel is more dangerous than most other forms of transportation
Oo5be TIL that during prodution of Toy Story 2, Pixar accidentaly deleted the entire movie from it's servers. The movie was saved by an employee, a new mother, who worked from home and had the data saved on her personal computer.
nn1b TIL the human race almost became extinct 70.000 years ago because of a dry spell.
QNn6k TIL root beer tastes unpleasantly like mouthwash to people outside of North America