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TIL India consumes half the world’s whiskey, but the French drink the most per person at 2.15 liters per person annually.

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ldD5 TIL of Wim Hof, who climbed Mount Everest in his shorts, resisted altitude sickness, completed a marathon in the Namibian Desert with no water and proven – under a laboratory setting – that he’s able to influence his autonomic nervous system and immune system at will.
7VQL TIL There’s an Asteroid in the Asteroid Belt Named After Wikipedia
yQlBX TIL the city of Key West, FL passed a law banning the sale of sunscreens containing oxybenzone and octinoxate, which are believed to be detrimental to coral reefs.
LkOWV TIL in 2013 a Verizon programmer was found outsourcing his work to a Chinese company for less than 20% of his salary and spending his "workday" surfing the Internet. The Chinese code was so good that the programmer was regarded as the best in his department of Verizon.
e01WD TIL: that in the Caribbean you can have domino's pizza delivered by airplane.