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TIL that the US government actually poisoned alcohol during prohibition

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v19OR TIL Tim Curry, as well as being an actor, is also an accomplished singer, releasing three studio albums since 1978.
yVZWl TIL there was a hostage crisis at Berkeley , California in 1990s where the accused (who was suffering from a schizophrenic episode) demanded trillions of dollars from the federal government in his bizzare list of demands.
4PbN TIL that before and during WW1 there used to be male and female tanks!
rBLd TIL that Venezuelan serial killer and cannibal Dorangel Vargas - who confessed to killing and eating at least ten individuals - didn’t consume fat people because he thought they had too much cholesterol.
BrjPK TIL Julius Caesar’s ship was hijacked by pirates. When his captors named a ransom price for his release, Caesar thought the number was insultingly low and insisted a greater sum be demanded.