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TIL there are only 8 active Wienermobiles in the United States and only college seniors who are about to graduate are eligible to become drivers.

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nVe7 TIL The US drank 48 gal. of coffee per person in 1948, but today only drinks 23. Partly due to soft drink companies marketing sugary sodas as healthy, and coffee as a poison that caused heart disease and birth defects in the 1970s. Soda is now a leading cause of diabetes and obesity.
XgGE TIL that Tim Allen almost got a life sentence for dealing coke, but got off after snitching on nearly two dozen other dealers.
AD4ol TIL of Libertinism, described as an extreme form of hedonism. Libertines put value on physical pleasures, meaning those experienced through the senses. Notable practitioners included Cyrano de Bergerac, Aleister Crowley, Don Juan, and even some people from modern times.
vgKB TIL the Indian state of Nagaland is 88% Christian of which 75% are Baptist making Nagaland both more Christian and more Baptist than any US state.
m1Y0x TIL that alcohol consumption in the U.S. was almost 300% higher in the 1800s, and that whiskey at the time was cheaper than beer, coffee or milk.