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TIL the Seychellois are the world's biggest drinkers consuming on average 20.5 litres of alcohol a year and the germans are only 6th!

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odyE TIL in Renaissance Italy, the Court Carver perfected the art of mid-air meat carving. To entertain guests he could lift a turkey in the air on a fork and rapidly cut the meat so that it rained down onto the diner’s plates in a decorative pattern of slices. Eggs and fruit were carved the same way.
jNxdj TIL of that time Peter Jackson tried to get Lee to scream as he was stabbed, only to be corrected. "Have you any idea what kind of noise happens when somebody's stabbed in the back?" Lee said he asked Jackson. "Because I do."
jNlvn TIL about Roar [1981], a movie filmed with 150 untrained lions and tigers with no safety precautions, leading to several injuries. The animals were given co-writing credits because they couldn't use the real script all that often since the actors were just terrified and running for their lives.
o5Xr TIL that standardized time wasn’t used until trains were invented.
9vMD TIL that compared to other drinks, Sake has the highest alcohol content in the world before distillation