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TIL that a study shows that a bottle of red wine is equivalent to 5-10 cigarettes in terms of cancer risk

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AD984 TIL that A 'kangaroo word' is a word that contains the letters of its own synonym, in order, like MAscuLinE, ChOCOlAte, cHickEN. And a double kangaroo word has two joey words, like Containter for CAN and TIN
QABk TIL German citizens can travel to 177 territories without a visa/visa given on arrival, the most in the world.
N7GJe TIL A tourist in Iceland was arrested when some local girls told him that it was tradition to run around naked on the Prime Minister's lawn.
VMD1k TIL — About 2,700 employees of 501(c)(3) nonprofits received annual compensation of more than $1 million in 2014, almost one-third more than in 2011. The study, conducted by the Wall Street Journal, analyzed IRS Form 990 Returns for nearly 100,000 organizations.
GBQ4 TIL the US Government considered nuking the Moon just to intimidate the Soviets