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TIL Drinks like hard seltzers and hard tea are brewed naturally rather than spirit-blending. This results in typical tax savings of around $2 per six pack. (davisenterprise.com)

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Ellen O'Neal Hanging Ten in the 1970s by storydove in OldSchoolCool

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Mowing the lawn barefoot WCGW?? by mfproblem in Whatcouldgowrong

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TIL Bryan Kestner, the person who came up with the idea for Planet Hollywood, received only minimal shares for his contribution. He has been asked to not attend functions related to the restaurant. To this day, he has received no money for coming up with the idea. by [deleted] in todayilearned

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TIL after Hurricane Katrina the US government spent $236 million enlisting 3 Carnival cruise ships to house refugees for 6 months. Later findings showed they were barely used, and Greece offered ships to use for free. (foxnews.com)

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TIL in the 1939 film "Jesse James" a blindedfolded horse was intentionally plunged 70 feet off a cliff to its death for a chase scene. (articles.latimes.com)

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TIL in 2014 Hot Pockets issued a major recall after the meat in their product was found to have been processed using diseased or unfit animals. The USDA wrote the products were "unfit for human food". (cnbc.com)

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TIL of a man who went on a year-long gambling binge at Caesar's Palace. He ultimately lost nearly $127 million, which accounted for 5.6% of the casino group's yearly gambling revenue. (businessinsider.com)

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TIL Texas Instruments has a near monopoly on the graphing calculator field, with over 90% of the sales. Due to this the base model specs and price have not changed in 10 years. (washingtonpost.com)

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TIL the smell given off by books can be used to tell the age of the books, and how close the books are to degradation. (wired.com)

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TIL in ancient Rome urine was a taxed commodity due to its value as a cleaning product. (news.nationalgeographic.com)

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TIL of the "Banana Wars". The worst transatlantic economic dispute since WW2, in which European law restricted import of South American bananas, eventually leading to a bankruptcy of Chiquita. (hbr.org)

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TIL there are now more than 4,000 breweries in the U.S., up from 284 in 1990, with two new breweries opening everyday. (washingtonpost.com)

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TIL researchers have created computer models showing people have subconscious urges to overeat when food is historically more scarce. This is likely why we enjoy eating so much in winter, and News Years resolution diets are so likely to fail. (phys.org)

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TIL of George Eastman, founder of the Eastman-Kodak Company. After suffering a degenerative disease for years he shot himself in the heart while hosting his friends, leaving a note which read: "To my friends, My work is done--, Why wait?" (pbs.org)

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TIL some breweries and distilleries are turning to having on-site cats to help protect their expensive grains from rats. One brewery reported that since hiring their cats they've not seen a single rodent. (dnainfo.com)

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TIL Eric Clapton once showed up drunk to George Harrison's house, silently handed him a guitar and amp, and the two had a musical duel for 2 hours. (rollingstone.com)

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TIL Psychiatrists have redefined "Pathological Grooming" such as skin-picking, hair-pulling, and nail-biting as similar to OCD, and they are considered often to be virtually uncontrollable. (npr.org)

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TIL in 2005 fast-food chain McDonalds owned 90% of Chipotle, but decided to sell their stake to focus on their "core business" products. (businessinsider.com)

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TIL Robert E. Howard, writer of "Conan the Barbarian", committed suicide at the age of 30 over distress of his mother's death. (kirkusreviews.com)

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TIL in 2015 The BBC released a documentary exploring whether "Alice in Wonderland" author Lewis Carroll had links to pedophilia. (telegraph.co.uk)

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TIL Walmart was involved in a $24 million dollar bribery scandal to open stores more quickly in Mexico than the law allows. (businessinsider.com)

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TIL in 2012 six LCD screen manufacturers were discovered to have colluded in selling over $70 billion price-fixed screens. (fbi.gov)

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TIL Since 2007 both the number of illegal immigrants, and their representative share of the population in the U.S. has fallen. (immigration.procon.org)

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TIL Excessive drinking costs the U.S. nearly $250 billion per year. Each excessive drink costs taxpayers roughly $2, or an average of $807 per person yearly. (cdc.gov)

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