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TIL That almost all vodka's come from a same place and the only difference is who's adding the distilled water.

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DmAv TIL that from 1936-1966, black Americans going on a road trip often used a “Negro Motorist Green Book” that would list businesses that sold to black people. The book helped travelers avoid one of 10,000 “sundown towns”, places it was the law that all non-whites had to leave the town by sundown.
M7LOK TIL A US doctor gained fame for transplanting goat testicles into men as a cure for impotence and to boost virility
PYJEL TIL Before West Germany (the trizone) got its anthem, carnival songs were played to officially represent Germany. One such song was "We're the natives of Trizonesia" which is about making out with girls, to which the Allied officers, not speaking German, rose from their seats out of respect.
a80w0 TIL that James Conrad Marshall, killed in the Viet Cong attack on the U.S. Embassy during the Tet Offensive was the first Marine Security Guard to die in defense of a U.S. embassy or consulate.
awX69 TIL that bookworms are actually larvae of several different species of insects that have been known to bore into books looking for food.