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TIL some wineries age their wine underwater (though it's illegal in the U.S. due to being “unadulated,” as it is deemed to be stored in unsanitary conditions)

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yQnNv TIL of the tradition of the Missing Man (a.k.a Fallen Comrade Table) which is used to honor fallen, missing or imprisoned military service members
nNeo TIL Rottweilers were known as “Rottweil butchers’ dogs” because they were used to herd livestock and pull carts laden with butchered meat and other products to market.
xp05 TIL Harvard scientists have proven that detox diets or “juicing” doesn’t work… and that there is no basis in human biology that indicates fasting is a healthy way to detox the body
l70Zr TIL in 2007 an FBI agent posing as AP reporter sent a fake article link to a 15 y/o suspected of bomb threats. A tracking tool revealed his location and helped the agents confirm his identity. This later resulted to lawsuits by the press against the FBI and led to a $145k settlement in 2014
yVy1w TIL the World Record for longest name is held by a man whose name contained 746 letters and 27 words. Each of his 26 surnames started with a different letter, in alphabetical order. His last name told the story of a Wolf-Slayer whose ancestors came here on a tungsten spaceship 1.2 million years ago.