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TIL that there’s a documentary debunking affirmations from Ancient Aliens TV Series

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OokaX TIL vintners sold concentrated bricks of wine during prohibition with the explicit warning not to leave the juice from them in a bucket in the cool cupboard for 21 days, or it would turn into wine.
v1ED8 TIL that during the Great Depression, the state of Arkansas was in such bad financial shape that the treasurer at one point reported a balance of $4.62 for the entire general revenue fund of the state.
awOBM TIL that in 2013, a soap opera was filmed in IKEA without the store knowing about it. For a year, the cast and crew filmed scenes at different parts of IKEA. The result was a seven-episode soap opera series called IKEA Heights.
awlm9 TIL that the Samaritans from the Bible are still around. They number around 800 and are descendants of the ancient Israelites who remained in the land of Israel during the Babylonian captivity. They view mainstream Judaism as altered and only accept the Samaritan Pentateuch from before the captivity
woJBP TIL there have been 16 attempted or thwarted assassination plots against former or current U.S. Presidents since 2000.