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b6DOE TIL Nikola Tesla originally expected to live to 150 years, but later changed this estimate to 135 years after he gave up alcohol due to prohibition. He regularly charged his body to high voltages to help aid longevity.
j6jLM TIL that the low cost wine brand "Two Buck Chuck" was created by Fred Franzia, who bought the Charles Shaw name from a bankrupt winery for $27k. Once when asked why his wine was cheaper than water, he replied "They're overcharging for the water. Don't you get it?"
vBAK TIL that zero Canadian banks failed during the Great Depression
yVx7w TIL that Japan has a "crying sumo" competition where wrestlers compete to see who can make a baby cry first, as it’s believed a crying baby brings good health.
9EEB TIL that having children in your early 20s was a US cultural norm only for baby boomers, and that earlier in the 20th-century eugenicists had warned against it