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TIL that humans are the only animals that blush
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5dmr
TIL “Goblet of Fire” is much longer than the first three books because JK Rowling unintentionally created a giant plot hole and had to spend the rest of the book trying to fix it
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TIL that, during Prohibition, alcohol was legal if it was used for religious purposes. This lead to many bootleggers posing as rabbis, who sold sacramental champagne, creme de menthe, and brandy.
VjEZ
TIL of the Marmite Crisis (Marmageddon) of 2012-13 in New Zealand. After a cooling tower at the only factory broke down, Marmite was dubbed “Black Gold”. Value of jars increased to over NZ$800 on auction sites.
woLk1
TIL Drivers were banned from drinking alcohol during the Indianapolis 500 in 1914. This came a year after Jules Goux drank 3 bottles of champagne during the 1913 race.
7rloX
TIL about the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement, an environmental movement that calls for all people to abstain from reproduction to cause the gradual voluntary extinction of humankind.