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TIL that during Prohibition doctors were able to prescribe medicinal alcohol for their patients.

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9Y5jm TIL over International Military Sports Council, made up of 134 countries, sends almost 10,000 servicemen to compete in the Military World Games. These are the military version of the Olympics. The most recent games were held in October, in Wuhan, China and only 100 countries participated.
9wNWG TIL Owlsley Stanley, the rather famed clandestine chemist who manufactured large quantities of LSD in the 60's, provided LSD to the Beatles during the filming of "Magical Mystery Tour"
woY07 TIL Sweden has the most islands in the world.
ZvJY TIL foreign nationals who enlist in the French Foreign Legion and are injured in battle are awarded French citizenship under a legal provision known as ‘French by spilled blood’
Br4xx TIL mulberries are more closely related to figs than to raspberries or blackberries