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Today I Learned Volume 002

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XvAQ TIL Philip Seymour Hoffman had been sober for 23 years until he accepted an alcoholic beverage to celebrate the completion of The Master. This resulted in relapse, after which he started to use prescription medication. the following year he was using heroin.
m1JZP TIL The "non-rBST" label on milk has essentially become meaningless because none of the major milk bottlers package milk from rBST-treated cows anymore
KY8kJ TIL that there is a stereotype about Circassian women being the ideal standard of attractiveness for a woman to reach, the illusion being particularly strong in the 18th century with cosmetic companies going as far as to sell products that they claimed were used by Circassian women.
xKK1 TIL when the 2013 government shutdown threatened the closing down of a national program giving medical attention and meals to children, John D. Arnold donated $10 million of his own money to keep it afloat
Lk0jd TIL The cleaning up of WW1 battlefields is still ongoing and some estimate it will take 300-700 more years to complete. However there are also some areas which are so toxic 99% of animals and plant life cannot survive.