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TIL that Volleyball is estimated to be the sport with the second most participants in the world

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5VDXQ TIL about mulled wine, a centuries-old tradition of heating red wine with spices and sometimes fruits. It dates back to ancient Rome, where spiced wine was used to preserve it during winter, and it remains a popular holiday drink in many European cultures.
R4k6 TIL that an iPhone would have cost over $3.5 Million in 1991.
VMA64 TIL that George Washington owned the largest distillery in America, producing 11,000 gallons of whiskey per year
R4wl TIL up until 1985, babies were generally operated on without anesthetic, as doctors believed they don’t feel pain as adults do
eOj5 TIL that self-injury works to reduce emotional pain because of a phenomenon called pain offset relief. “This may be because the physical pain relief that follows a self-injury event basically tricks the brain into perceiving relief of emotional pain too!”