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TIL that the first animals in space are actually Fruit Flies

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eoLD TIL in 2014 an election candidate was arrested in the UK for inciting hatred after reading verbatim a quote by Winston Churchill
1aO6r TIL researchers found naturally occurring lithium in the water supply lowered suicide rates. They were able to measure lithium levels in 27 Texas counties and show those with more lithium in their water had fewer suicides. Similar studies in Greece, Austria, & Japan corroborated the results.
OG5kg TIL that "Jews for Hitler" was a real organization. It was called the Association of German National Jews. It was disbanded after the Nazis came to power and its founder was sent to a concentration camp.
oRy8L TIL that the 18th century Badminton Cabinet is the most expensive piece of furniture ever sold at $36.7 million (2004). It is a Florentine ebony chest, inlaid with hard and semiprecious stones commissioned in 1726 by Henry Somerset, 3rd Duke of Beaufort, at the age of 19
BgVVW TIL that, while the Star Spangled Banner was written during the War of 1812, it didn’t become the United States national anthem until a few years before WWII - over a century later.