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TIL Australia fines citizens $55 for not voting

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N786N TIL researchers found increasing your daily coffee consumption lowers your risk of Type 2 Diabetes by 11%. Surprisingly, they also found cutting your coffee consumption by one cup can increase your Diabetes risk 17%.
GYPw5 TIL : In the early 1960's, Mohawk Airlines had 'Gaslight Service' flights that were Victorian themed planes including cigars, Victorian curtains, and the stewardesses dressed like dance hall ladies.
R5jR4 TIL that the phrase "Friends of Bill W" is a dogwhistle meaning members of Alcoholics Anonymous, after the organization's co-founder Bill Wilson.
5VXYr TIL we're not supposed to rinse our mouths right after brushing our teeth
xVE8k TIL that Jackie Miller, a pitcher for the Chattanooga Lookouts, had struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig back to back. Her contract was canceled a few days later after the Commissioner of Baseball, Kenesaw Mountain Landis, said women couldn't play baseball because it was "too strenuous" for them.