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TIL Winston Churchill, whilst visiting the USA during the height of prohibition, got a doctor’s note prescribing him “unlimited alcohol” constituting a suggested minimum of 6 shots with dinner.

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6RYX TIL a Sweedish study concluded that the United States was one of the most racially tolerant countries in the world.
9YyD6 TIL about Atomic Vets that were soldiers secretly exposed to nuclear weapons by the US during the cold war
wo8YE TIL when the original Star Wars movie was released in 1977, Harrison Ford was 34, Carrie Fisher was 20 and Mark Hamill was 25
gM4BA TIL about the Turnspit dog, which was bred specifically to run on a wheel that turns meat over a fire. They are now extinct
9YNx7 TIL Joseph Stalin’s granddaughter is a gun-loving antique shop owner in Portland, Oregon and a Buddhist.