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TIL that higher levels of omega-3 in diet are associated with better sleep

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rbQ1 TIL that the largest cavalry charge in history occurred during the Turkish siege of Vienna. Spearheaded by 3000 winged knights, 20,000 Polish and German cavalrymen charged and routed the Ottoman line and decisively ended the Ottoman threat to christian Europe.
6Ea4Q TiL Coca-Cola acquired the production company set to make Stand By Me, but discarded the film as having no commercial value. Rob Reiner managed to convince Norman Lear to donate $8M of his own money to make the academy nominated film.
oBVw7 TIL that in 2004 nearly one-third of the adult male population of the Pitcairn islands was convicted of child sex assault, even the mayor. His son, the current mayor is also a convicted sex offender. Another mayor who served in between them was convicted for possession of child pornography.
eZnE TIL oral sex was illegal in Canada… Until it was legalized in 1969.
a8x6N TIL in 1954 a Hurricane hit Canada at a category 1 despite traveling all the way inland from the Carolinas. It killed 81 people in the Toronto area, 95 in the US, and 469 in Haiti.