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TIL caffeine enhances physical performance, endurance, muscle strength and power

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mxBdP TIL Haiku are supposed to focus on seasons and incorporate a Kireji (cutting word). What the Western world thinks are Haiku are actually Senryuu, everyday poems that are just 5-7-5 syllables.
0waKN TIL Ernest Gallo created Thunderbird Wine after seeing wine in the inner city sold next to koolaid. Salesman dropped empty bottles in skid row neighborhoods to promote brand awareness. It worked so well when Gallo greeted a bum with, "What's the word?', he shouted, "Thunderbird." Both laughed.
4XwOJ TIL that Queen Elizabeths grandfather, King George V, was euthanized by his physician. The physician wrote in his journal that he euthanized the King so that his death would be announced in the morning newspapers, rather than the "less appropriate evening journals".
7P4L TIL that in 2005, Jeanna Giese became the first human being to survive rabies
ADgGa TIL That massive, commercial fishing nets are simply thrown into the ocean after their service life, posing a huge threat to marine life