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TIL beer was illegal in Iceland from 1935-1989 while all stronger drinks were legal.

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VBw4 TIL a man had multiple plastic surgeries to look exactly like his lover, who later had multiple surgeries of her own, so they could become the same new person.
DQx9e TIL; Before leaving the Titanic, a second officer forgot to hand over a key to the locker - which housed the ships' binoculars. The lookouts that night later said, if they had binoculars, they would have avoided the iceberg.
Ed4x TIL learned that 22 hours after the Nazis surrendered, the Russian people celebrated so much they completely exhausted their nation’s vodka supply.
1VDP TIL James Cameron clashed with his British production crew on the set of Aliens in part due to their regular tea breaks, which threatened the movie’s release date.
xVA5g TIL The Instant Pot pressure cooker can serve as a laboratory autoclave where more expensive units are not available (E.g. remote labs) or attainable (E.g. lack of funding). It even passes the Geobacillus stearothermophilus spore inactivation test.