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TIL there are homeless shelters called Wet Houses that allow alcoholics to drink, rather than requiring abstinence, and they seem to work

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PYLWO TIL Andre 3000 recorded all the vocals for the hit Outkast song "Hey Ya!" Off the top of his head. He also recorded 30-40 takes of each line. His recording engineer said that there about 20 different versions of the song recorded during their sessions together.
A4kl TIL that Blink 182 released “All the Small Things” because they knew they needed a “really catchy and basic” radio single.
9YoX6 TIL that Gin has been traced all the way back to the 11th century where it was used as medicinal juniper-based wine tonic by Benedictine monks in Salerno, Italy.
6EVKJ TIL in Japan people eat fried maple leaves as a snack
Q7gp TIL Mexican General Santa Anna had an elaborate state funeral for his amputated leg. Ironically, soon after the funeral, his new prosthetic leg was seized by Americans as a war trophy and is still on display at the Illinois State Military Museum.