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TIL that Stalin jailed the very person who helped him confirm Hitler's Death.

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8QoG TIL that “sugar highs” don’t actually exist; glucose causes the release of serotonin, which actually causes you to calm down. Children are hyperactive at parties and holidays because of the psychological situation, not the physiological effect of sugar.
v10KD TIL, Southern Comfort is neither whiskey or bourbon. It's actually a whiskey-flavored liqueur.
jWpa TIL many words in the Greek language have no clear origin (including ‘labyrinth’ and 'tyranny’), and are thought to have come from an unrecorded 'Pre-Greek’ language spoken before the early Greeks arrived in the area
OXGg TIL that the Sinclair Method is 80% effective in 90 clinical trials at treating alcohol addiction, much more effective in the long term to the 12 Step Method from AA.
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