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TIL During prohibition larger brewers survived by making near-beer, home brew supplies, malted milk and.... cheese!

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l7pXr TIL of the Crazy Horse Memorial, a mountain carving monument of an Oglala Lakota warrior, has been under construction about 10 mi from Mt. Rushmore since 1948. Crazy Horse's face is about 50% large than those of the Mt. Rushmore presidents.
R5VxQ TIL that the premise of the movie Sunshine, a crew of space voyagers trying to revive fading sun with an artificial explosion, had been used in literature as early as in 1931.
Z8lLR TIL that in 2003, MTV aired an adult cartoon called Clone High which features clones of historical figures in high school. It was canceled after one season because it caused mass protest in India and even hunger strikes over its portrayal of Ghandi as a party animal
nk47 TIL a Hungarian man was shot in the frontal lobe during World War 1, making it impossible for him to fall asleep. He continued to live a full, sleepless life.
l7WeN TIL that the word cereal comes from the Roman goddess Ceres who was the goddess of the growth of food crops, including grains and cultivated fruits and vegetables.