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TIL that Canada and Denmark have finally ended the "Whisky Wars" after 50 years.

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ZG1Y TIL That the British Empire diverted (nearly) all wheat from Bengal in 1942 and created an artificial famine, which resulted in the deaths of 4 million Indians
MYaW TIL that Diana Ross, who sang “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough,” lost her ex-husband to a mountain climbing accident years later.
XEpRR TIL skilled archers can shoot arrows so they turn in the air, hitting targets behind obstacles
xVg1k TIL that everyone in Singapore above the age of 21 is automatically registered as an organ donor. Opting out from this Act will result in you being put at the very bottom of the organ priority list, should you need an organ transplantation.
YpOKd TIL that we are getting over an hour less sleep than people did in the 1940s. Back then, the average was slightly more than 8 hours of sleep a night, while today we are down to around 6 hours, 45 minutes of sleep nightly.