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TIL during Prohibition, the U.S. government poisoned alcohol, killing as many as 10,000 people

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wLQNE TIL While crime in Antarctica is relatively rare, prevalent Alcoholism has led to fights and indecent exposure. Other crimes include illicit drug use, torturing and killing wildlife, racing motorbikes through environmentally sensitive areas, assault with a deadly weapon, attempted murder, and arson
WkbRA TIL that the alchemist dream of transmuting lead into gold has actually been achieved
WyPA TIL Nikolas Tesla rejected Einstein’s Theory of Relativity on claims of discoveries that he worked out a dynamic theory of gravity which he never published.
G0gj TIL of the first and only Space Mutiny when an American crew shut off communication equipment to protest their disagreement with NASA.
E7k7 TIL 20% of people can’t smell semen.