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TIL that 10% of drinkers consume over 50% of the alcohol.

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OGBOg TIL When a man in New York needed a heart transplant from a donor in Oklahoma, the hospital reached out to the US Air Force to help with transportation. The donor heart was transported across the country in two hours on an F-111 fighter jet. The operation was a complete success.
gMPE8 TIL in 1857, a congressman from New York killed the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia over the attorney’s affair with his wife. He claimed temporary insanity (thanks to his wife’s infidelity), the first time this defense was used in U.S. history. He was acquitted.
J1gbB TIL That nitroglycerin, an explosive compound, can be used to treat anal fissures.
oODL TIL a man broke out of jail because he was fed up with the loud rap music being played ‘day and night’ on his wing
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