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TIL that most energy drinks contain Taurine. The same amino acid that cats require in the diet to prevent them from going blind.

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GAAlg TIL about the Lady Juliana (1777 ship), a ship chartered to transport a load of all-female prisoners to Australia, which quickly developed a reputation as a floating brothel: "when we were fairly out to sea, every man on board took a wife from among the convicts, they nothing loath."
6EBpZ TIL Suzuki Hayabusa, the fastest bike ever when introduced, was named so after the peregrine falcon, which can dive at up to 300 km/h (close to the bikes top speed), and also because it preys on blackbirds, also the name of the then fastest bike the Honda CBR1100XX Super Blackbird.
7rGgO TIL the emoji Movie had an 8% approval rating, was ranked "Worst Movie of 2017" by multiple major outlets, and yet still made four times its production budget.
GvOG TIL The Simpsons crew sent flowers to South Park studios when South Park parodied Family Guy.
OgR6 TIL that during WWII, the Japanese invaded Alaska, and more Americans were killed or wounded defending Alaska than at Pearl Harbor.