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TIL chocolate milk was invented by Jamaicans, then popularized in Europe by an Irish botanist who sold it as medicine

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nWvjP TIL that Woody Harrelson’s father assassinated a Texas Judge in 1979
QN0a9 Today I learned Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania has held an annual buggy race since 1920. (There is someone inside the buggy steering)
aX8y TIL Olympic shotguns cost between $3,000 and $100,000 or the difference, in the shooting world, between a Ford pickup and a Mercedes.
YVo7 TIL The British Navy uses Britney Spears’ songs to scare off Somali pirates. Her songs were chosen as the pirates hate Western music.
9YZQB TIL That Albatross can fly for SEVEN Years without returning to the Land, and can fly up to 800 KM/day. They also mate for life and spend months apart from their mate.