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TIL advice given to avoid alcohol while taking antibiotics was for moral reasons, not pharmacological.

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XEDAD TIL that people diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease may lose the ability to smell peanut butter. The “Peanut Butter Test” may offer an early indication of the disease.
VBXjB TIL George Leonidas Leslie was responsible for about 80% of all bank robberies in the US in the late 1800s. By day he was a distinguished architect who hobnobbed with New York City’s elite, but by night he was one of history’s most prolific bank robbers.
4kxER TIL that at President Andrew Jackson's funeral in 1845, his beloved pet parrot, Polly, perched nearby. The bird swore so profusely that shocked attendants ejected it from the service.
d1gE TIL in order to be qualified to pilot supertankers and other large vessels, pilot boat captains train on to scale versions that handle like their larger counterparts
4xKJ TIL A species of cavefish in Thailand has been documented walking and climbing waterfalls in a manner similar to four-footed creatures such as salamanders, in a find researchers call “huge” in evolutionary terms.