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TIL that drinking too much coffee (more than six cups per day) can reduce brain size and cause dementia

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5VWDp TIL in 1943, the United States military attempted to segregate the pubs in Bamber Bridge. In response, the local Englishmen hung "Black soldiers only" signs on all pubs as a form of protest.
KYMy6 TIL in the UK it is illegal for non-veterinary surgeons, however qualified in the human field, to treat animals.
N9Qe TIL the three wise monkeys (see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil) are sometimes portrayed with a fourth ‘do no evil’ monkey with his hands covering his genitals.
9V77 TIL The “Soapmaker of Correggio” made soap out of her human victims by boiling them in caustic soda. 1938-41
oBA0r TIL the tabletop game Subbuteo was so called because it’s creator, Peter Adolph, was denied the trademark to call it ‘Hobby’ and so use the neo-classical term for the Eurasian Hobby bird (Falco Subbuteo).