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1aMw8 TIL Grape Juice is a modern invention which didn't exist prior to 1869. It was invented by a Methodist pastor to help alcoholics take Christian Communion.
E1JW TIL before the Nazi armies invaded Paris, the Louvre was emptied and its contents were secretly distributed among wealthy French citizens who hid them in their houses around the country.
MeQR0 TIL The last words of the assassin that murdered Leon Trotsky with an ice pick were "I hear it always. I hear the scream. I know he’s waiting for me on the other side."
loKJA TIL in World War II, American soldier John R. Fox died when he deliberately called an artillery strike on himself. Realizing that German troops were overrunning his position, the strike delayed the enemy long enough for other American units to organize a counter attack
PooO TIL the US stock of coral snake antivenom technically expired nine years ago, and the FDA has been moving up the expiration date every year through this April.