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TIL the Oktoberfest has had a mobile CT scanner at it's medical center since 2022 to distinguish between patients having TBIs and just being drunk

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Wkjdo TIL Billy Ripken’s 1989 Fleer baseball card has the words “F*ckFace” written on the bat due to a prank from teammates.
9YQY7 TIL about the hidden holocaust, better known as the "Congo Horrors" caused by King Leopold II of Belgium. The magnitude of the population fall over the period is disputed, but it is thought to be as high as 15 million people.
a4ZZ TIL Nikola Tesla held an interview in 1899 claiming everything is the light and that light preceded matter in the cosmic timeline.
de6Z TIL that Green tea can improve your cognitive function, in particular the working memory
LbKP TIL of a homeless man in NYC who would regularly order an expensive dinner at a restaurant and refuse to pay for it in order to be sent to prison where he would receive 3 meals a day and a clean bed. He refused to commit more serious crimes to get longer sentences as he did not want to hurt anyone.