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TIL Athletes Once Downed Champagne—and Strychnine—for Energy Boost

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m1xKv TIL: There are more pets than children in Japan
1a61O TIL in 1961 when Yuri Gagarin returned from space Nikita Khrushchev wanted to boost the Soviet's anti-religion campaign by saying: "Gagarin flew into space, but didn't see any god there."
mpER TIL despite being illegal in most states, marijuana is the United States’ largest cash crop today with a value greater than that of corn and wheat combined.
wjPP TIL Ben Franklin’s Proposal for Daylight Savings time was originally written as a joke.
QJlMk TIL Queen Elizabeth has only bowed to one person since becoming the Monarch. It was Princess Diana's coffin at her funeral.