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TIL that Moët should be pronounced mow-et and not mow-ay.

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7Vyr TIL after WWII, a group of Jewish-extremists formulated a Holocaust-revenge plan to kill 6 million German citizens by poisoning the water-supply of Munich, Berlin, Weimar, Nuremberg and Hamburg. However, it was foiled by British police while the poison was in transit to Germany.
mxQKE TIL that if a diesel engine can draw fuel from an unintended source, like excess combustible gas that is in the air, it will have a runaway and experience overspeeding at RPMs of up to 10X the engines rated capacity.
ADE1l TIL In the 1850s the timber pirates of the Great Lakes stole lumber, burned ships, and openly threatened federal agents; killing atleast one. On May 6th 1853 the Buffalo, a lumber steam ship, rammed the USS Michigan but no charges were levied against the ship captain or owner.
8aZPa TIL that Cocaine, Nicotine and Caffeine all belong to a group of chemicals known as alkaloids that also includes quinine(a malaria drug), HHT(a leukemia drug) and Atropine(the toxic component in deadly nightshade). These chemicals tend to be basic but can also be neutral or even weakly acidic.
PvJL TIL that the version of the Star-Spangled Banner traditionally heard at sports events is only the first of four original verses written by Francis Scott Key. Most Americans have never heard the last three.