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TIL that UK supermarket chains source their bottled water in the same place

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ANw1d TIL that in 1563, Johann Weyer argued against Witch hunts and instead that the accused should be treated as having a mental illness.
jJ6j TIL that the people that created the Polio Vaccine did not patent it and instead donated it as a gift to humanity.
aaB9 TIL that Alfred Wegener, the father of Continental Drift (which became plate tectonics) and a pioneer in paleoclimatology died lost in a blizzard on an expedition. His theories were ridiculed until decades later.
Ype7 TIL that astronauts are recommended to jerk off in space, and that a married couple who were part of the crew of STS-47 most likely were the first to have sexual intercourse in outer space.
6EBdY TIL While filming a movie about a plane hijacking, a real plane was hijacked and landed at the airport the day they filmed. Footage of real hostages being released were edited into the movie. The producer called it a "blessing from the sky on a day of bad acting."