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TIL about reminders by association

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oBOQW TIL about a drink called the New Jersey Turnpike which calls for the server to ring out the mat found on the floor of a bar into a shot glass and is given to the loser of a bar bet.
x6a8g TIL supernovae become so bright that they may briefly outshine their entire home galaxy
9wgam TIL the color chartreuse is named after Chartreuse liqueur, which is named after the Grande Chartreuse monastery, which is named after the Chartreuse mountains, which is named after the village formerly known as Chartrousse.
Z8Q0B TIL That women also competed as gladiators in ancient Rome and there is a marble relief dating to around the 2nd century A.D. depicting a bout between two women dubbed “Amazon” and “Achillia,” whom the inscription says fought to an honorable draw.
ADOVo TIL The Grapes of Wrath was allowed in Soviet theaters to show the "cruel" nature of capitalism but quickly withdrawn as Soviets were amazed that even poor people in America owned cars