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TIL that studies show alcoholism can be attributed to genetics

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v1dPL TIL in 2012, China's national TV channel – known for its strict censoring of foreign films – stunned viewers by airing the anarchist film ‘V for Vendetta’ fully uncensored. It included the famous quote: "People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people."
4kX4N TIL that in the years preceding the French Revolution, the price of bread went from costing about 50% of a laborer's daily wages to about 88% of their income.
78J8r TIL King Henry VIII of England hired four men who regularly checked his faeces, monitored his bowel movements and wiped his bottom. They were appropriately called ‘Grooms of the King’s Stool’ and all of them were eventually knighted.
NXdV8 TIL that in 2017 the Bison became the first national mammal for the United States
L9yv TIL Former NHL Player Nicklas Grossmann Had His Name Misspelled On His Jersey For Over 5 Years Because He Was Too Shy To Ever Correct It