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TIL the phrase "souped up" predated automobiles and was actually a reference to injecting horses with steroids to improve their performance.

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oJrr TIL female obesity is considered so attractive in Mauritania that 75 percent of rural Mauritanian girls are forcibly fattened on camel milk and animal fat in a custom called “leblouh”
d8A0j TIL the CIA once failed at bribing Mr Lee Kuan Yew of Singapore, which was then relatively undeveloped. After he revealed this in an interview, the US denied the incident. In a rage, Mr LKY revealed a letter he received from then US Secretary of State and threatened to disclose further information.
ZLaY TIL Upon arrival in Tokyo for Wings’ highly anticipated 1980 sold out tour, Paul McCartney was arrested at the airport after a search of his luggage revealed 219 grams of marijuana. The tour was cancelled and McCartney spent nine days in jail.
nxm7 TIL That if you were were exposed to outer space without a suit, after about 15 seconds, you would be blue, bloated, and in an unresponsive stupor, but not dead. If they got you back inside and gave you oxygen within about 90 seconds, you’d likely make a complete recovery with only minor injuries.
Md8W TIL : Quotation marks differ based on the language “english”, «french», „german“ or »german«, ”swedish”, …