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4XmQg TIL Anchorage, Alaska is larger than Rhode Island & almost an equivalent distance from both New York City & Tokyo. Anchorage lies 9 1⁄2 hours from 90% of the industrialized world.
DQO8v TIL a study found an inverse association between plain water consumption and depression: drinking less than two glasses daily increases depression risk significantly, while higher intake lowers it. Another study found children who drink around 10.5 cups per day show greater mental flexibility.
KQo6 TIL that during Prohibition in the United States, Winston Churchill referred publicly to the Constitutional amendment banning alcohol as “an affront to the whole history of mankind.”
pgRA TIL Nobel Prize winner Guglielmo Marconi had secured free passage on the Titanic’s maiden voyage but decided to take an earlier ship to catch up on work. Three years later he disembarked the Lusitania right before it was sunk by a German U-Boat.
7xmZ TIL that during the American Revolutionary War, despite opposition from the Continental Congress, George Washington ordered the vaccination of 40,000 soldiers from smallpox, reducing the infection rate from 17% to 1%