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TIL traditional Cherokee clothing includes turbans

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oRleL TIL: That Red Bull energy drinks contain different amounts of caffeine, taurine and B vitamins depending on the country in which they are sold.
oBOYr TIL sound can be focused into a singular spot with an acoustic lens like light with an optical lens
xeK5 TIL that after losing the ability to walk from Parkinsons you can still ride a bicycle perfectly. [video + article]
jNkLM TIL that in the film Blue Lagoon, Brooke Shields had to walk in shallow trenches because she is almost 178 cm (5'10) while Christopher Atkins is just 167 cm (around 5'6). He later described the experience as "like having the Statue of Liberty standing beside me".
VMRXG TIL in 1967, when the first black mayor of Washington D.C. sent his first budget to the House Committee on District of Columbia, chairman John L. McMillan of South Carolina responded by sending back a truck full of watermelons.