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TIL that in China, water is typically drunk hot
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TIL While dining with the Saudi King, Chruchill was told he could neither smoke nor drink, for religious reasons. He replied that, “My religion prescribed as an absolute sacred ritual smoking cigars and drinking alcohol before, after and if need be during all meals and the intervals between them.”
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TIL that it is possible to measure heart rate using a weighing scale, by picking up the force of blood moving around the body.
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TIL that a Water Salute is a ceremony in which an aircraft passes under one or more arches formed by the water jets from airport fire fighting vehicles. They are used to mark notable events such as the retirement of senior pilots or air traffic controllers.
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TIL Syphilis was known as the "French disease" in Europe as is rumored to have been conceived in the 15th century after the French army was celebrating a victory in Naples, Italy
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TIL when Nick GaS shut down in December 2007, Dish Network kept an automated loop of the network still on the air for 15 months