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TIL that according to Graham Nash, Jimi Hendrix was unbeatable at the game Risk, especially while on LSD.

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rRobx TIL of "geek shows," a popular act in early America travelling carnivals and circuses. A "geek," would chase live chickens, biting the chickens' heads off and swallowing them. It was a matter of pride among circus and carnival professionals not to have traveled with a troupe that included geeks.
5Vwa9 TIL that a BMI of 23 for a South Asian is equivalent to 30 (obese) in a White European for risk of diabetes.
OoME7 TIL in 1977 the mayor of Vulcan, WV requested foreign aid from the Soviet Union after two years of requests to the state about repairing the town's only bridge. Within an hour of a Russian journalist's arrival, the state agreed to help repair the bridge.
97DB TIL that there is a Time Travel Mart in Los Angeles. It sells fresh dinosaur eggs, robot milk, and barbarian repellent. The store’s profit is used to support a tutoring program for kids 6 to 18 years old. Students are encouraged to write stories for the Time Travel Mart to publish and sell.
MyYK TIL that Stalin was preparing to invade Germany before Hitler invaded USSR first.