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TIL that the "drink 8 glasses of water a day" is founded upon a 1945 recommendation that had no medical basis. Today's medical recommendation is "drink when you're thirsty, unless you're outside on a hot day or you're elderly"

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BY5D TIL that a Korean TV show is about a 400 year-old Harvard-educated alien who falls in love with a human woman. ‘My Love From Another Star’ is a huge hit in Korea and elsewhere; Chinese fans were hospitalized for binging on too much fried chicken and beer (the woman character’s favorite food).
epvLk TIL About the Laconia Incident where a German U-Boat sunk the RMS Laconia, a British passenger liner. When it was rescuing survivors and towing them to a French handover, it was attacked by a US B-24 and led to the Kriegsmarine no longer assisting ships they sunk for the rest of the war.
N7mgQ TIL that at almost $11 billion, the annual NYPD budget is more than 3 times higher than the entire UN budget of just over $3 billion.
EpKV TIL AIDS denialist Christine Maggiore who refused to treat her own HIV or take any drugs that would prevent her from passing HIV to her daughter through pregnancy or breastfeeding died of AIDS…. 3.5 years after her daughter died… of AIDS.
wLYE7 TIL of Charles Carpenter, a US army reconnaissance pilot who got so bored for not seeing enough action he decided to strap bazookas to his plane and would eventually destroy at least six German tanks by war's end.