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TIL Dogfish Head creates beer recipes based upon the chemical analysis of residue found on pottery and drinking vessels from various archaeological sites. They’re called “Ancient Ales”.

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p8Z5N TIL a long lost 1926 Japanese silent horror film was rediscovered 45 years later, when its director found a print in his own storehouse in 1971. Nearly a third of it is still missing.
M7kbB TIL That Michael Lee, who appeared on "Dr. Phil" and "Extreme Love" for his incestual marriage with his cousin, Angela Peang, has died back in July of 2021 from a seizure. Leaving behind Angela and their baby son, Eric:
OXQ7 TIL a mass grave of 155 women was found in a Magdalene laundry. These were prison like Irish Catholic institutions for ‘fallen’ women.
vPVbK TIL that the infamous (Sylvia Plath) suicide technique of sticking one's head in an oven was not a hot, violent affair. Rather, ovens used to run on "town gas" that had high carbon monoxide, and putting your head in an unlit oven was a rather peaceful way to go.
V0xB TIL Three men from Yemen, sued NASA for trespassing on Mars. They claim that they inherited the planet from their ancestors 3,000 years ago.