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TIL During the Prohibition Act, the government poisoned industrial alcohol in order to scare off bootleggers. As a result, around 10,000 people died until the Prohibition was repealed.

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OQk7 TIL that Jane Roe is now a strong Pro-Life supporter. She is actively working in order to get the Supreme Court to overturn her case, Roe v Wade.
oRMeA TIL “enshittification” was named 2023’s Word of the Year by the American Dialect Society. It describes the decline of platforms like social media and e-commerce: starting user-friendly, shifting to prioritize businesses, and eventually maximizing profits at users’ and customers’ expense.
vOvj TIL the actor who played character Random Task in Austin Powers (the parody of Odd Job from 007 films) is serving a life sentence for torture and rape.
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v19MB TIL about the story of Kakudmi, Who travelled into the cosmos in search of a groom for his daughter. When he came back to earth he experienced time dilation and generations had passed in his short trip around the universe.