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TIL drinking alcohol DOES improve your ability to speak a foreign language.

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G7mG TIL…that Ethiopian Jews really are decendants of ancient Jews genetically and not converts…
9Y6Vr TIL Grenadiers were originally tall and strong soldiers who specialized in just throwing grenades. In the 18th century, grenades lost popularity so grenadiers were repurposed as elite soldiers.
jNyxM TIL only less than 2% of the uranium in Little Boy, the bomb that was dropped onto Hiroshima, actually fissioned. This was still enough to kill 66,000 people and have a fatal blast radius of 1.3km.
mxZ4Y TIL South Korea has a different age system. Koreans are 1 when they are born and all get one year older every new year's day.
5VQnR TIL that Martha's Vineyard constitutes the County of Dukes County. This redundant name is due to the fact that it was formed as Dukes County in New York before being transferred to Massachusetts and reincorporated under its current name in 1695.