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TIL unpasteurized watermelon juice reduces post workout aches and soreness

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0wxXA TIL that due to their high alcohol content, fragrances like cologne and eau du toilette can be used like a hand sanitizer.
1awbV TIL that Hitler was a chronic tax evader, and was even fined by his own government over it in 1934. He then got the tax department to declare him exempt from taxation.
kODvB TIL the Woodingdean Well was dug by hand between 1858 and 1862 and reached a depth of 1285 feet - deeper than the top floor on the Empire State Building is high. Its bottom was 850 ft below sea level.
vK8 TIL that during the Ancient Olympic Games, a truce was observed. During this time, armies could not enter Olympia, wars were suspended and legal disputes were forbidden.
KYGLa TIL during the 1916 Easter Rising 17 rebels held off 1,750 British reinforcements for 9 hours inflicting 216 casualties