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TIL sharks are afraid of dolphins

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WZyY TIL that the “your mother” insult is found in nearly all cultures and is as old as humanity itself with examples in Shakespeare and the Bible.
O1Z4 TIL Amsterdam pays alcoholics in beer. 2 cans at the start of the day, 2 at lunch, and 1 or 2 at the end. They also get half a packet of rolling tobacco, lunch, & and €10. There is a long waiting list to work for this program. Canada inspired this program with their Help the Heroin addicts programs.
XLDD TIL that comedians are more likely to report higher levels of unsociable, depressive and manic-like traits than actors and non-creative controls – a psychiatric profile representing ‘the personality equivalent of bipolar disorder’.
yVJow TIL that the instrument in Samba music that makes a sound like rubbing a balloon or a McDonalds straw in a cup is a percussion instrument called a cuica.
eaOk TIL: Sam Adams spokesman Jim Koch’s secret to never getting drunk off beer is a teaspoon of yeast.