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TIL "A Christmas Story" was initially overlooked and only became a classic after Ted Turner purchased the rights and began airing it yearly on cable TV.

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GAD91 TIL that Aimo Allan Koivunen was a Finnish soldier in the Continuation War and the first documented case of a soldier overdosing on methamphetamine during combat. He escaped Soviet forces, was injured by a land mine, and stayed in a ditch for a week, after having skied more than 400 km (248.5 mi).
woLmM TIL about the tragic launching of the HMS Albion in 1898, the first disaster caught on film. 38 people drowned by a bow wave caused by the launch.
eKgJ TIL: The most expensive beer was $110/6pack, because the barley was grown in outer space by Japanese and Russian scientists.
MeLeA TIL about molecular gastronomy. Also known as molecular cuisine, it basically is manipulating food using chemistry.
O6Og TIL that The Empire State Building has its own postcode