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TIL Europeans began eating mummies for medicinal purposes in the 12th century

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Px0n TIL after winning the Nobel prize, Niels Bohr was given a house with unlimited free beer on tap by Carlsberg brewery.
YjOG TIL of arctic explorer Peter Freuchen who took a 1000-mile dogsled trip across Greenland, starred in an Oscar-winning film, amputated his own toes, escaped a Nazi death sentence, cut his way out of a blizzard shelter with a knife made from his frozen feces, and won The $64,000 Question game show.
KYgpR TIL Only 1g of alcohol (including content in medications) is permitted to be used/released by astronauts per day on the International Space station due to Combustibility concerns (page 269)
PYLjL TIL George Washington's great grandfather sailed a ship from England to the Colony of Virginia to trade goods when it crashed in the Potomac River. He found a nearby resident to stay with whose daughter he later married. He settled in the area and eventually became a local politician in the colony
WmnB TIL some free range turkey farms use alpacas to guard their flocks from foxes, since alpacas are extremely territorial and will accept the turkeys as part of their herd, defending them by chasing off predators