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TIL Powdered alcohol is a thing. So where are my single serve Crystal Light gimlets?

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m1Opy TIL that 1 in 3 young men in the US report having no intercourse.
j6vj TIL: The single deadliest event for journalist occurred in the Philippines in 2009 – a candidate for governor’s caravan of 34 journalists and 58 others were murdered, six witnesses assassinated before testifying. ONLY TWO of the hundred+ alleged perpetrators have been charged with murder
XEgwR TIL that when David Miscavige heard that Tom Cruise had a fantasy of running with Nicole Kidman through a meadow full of wildflowers he ordered Sea Org members to plant an area of the desert. It failed to meet expectations and he held the entire base responsible for ruining the romantic idyll
lOB1 TIL during WW2 a mix of high explosive and flour was given to guerrillas fighting the Japanese. Codenamed ‘Aunt Jemima’, it could be safely cooked into pancakes and eaten. Uneaten pancakes or unused dough could still be used later as explosives. 15 tons were used; the ruse was never discovered.
wLj66 TIL that the grading system used by schools in the United States is A, B, C, D, or F because teachers were concerned that students and parents would think "E" stood for "Excellent" in an A, B, C, D, E system.