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TIL The Marriot, one of the largest hotel businesses, started as a root beer stand in 1927

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k8mB TIL Lady Astor, the first female British MP, was constantly at odds with British PM Winston Churchill. During a debate, she declared that if married to him, she’d have poisoned his tea. Churchill responded ‘Madam, if I was your husband, I would drink it.’
M9pV TIL that the russian scientist Anatoli Bugorski got struck in the face by a proton beam in a particle accelerator, and survived. He described the sensation as seeing a light “brighter than a thousand suns”
mx9rM TIL In WW1 German saboteurs blew up munitions stored near NYC before the US entered the war. The ensuing blast damaged the Statue of Liberty.
1amXV TIL That of "Rabbit Starvation" where you can waste away and even die if you're eating meat with little to no fat on it
wLP9E TIL in 2007, reigning Jeopardy! champion Scott Weiss purposely placed his final bet in such a way as to force the first three-way tie in the game's history. He said he knew he could have bet more and won the game, but thought it would be fun to force a tie instead.