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TIL: There is something called 'The Glitter Conspiracy'. One of the largest producers of glitter doens't want to tell what tge glitter is used for. Theories range from the use in explosives to boats

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PYVVg TIL That Organ Donation Is Complicated
P187L TIL when the Velvet Underground released their 1967 debut album, it was a flop. Due to it’s content, it was banned from many record stores, and radio stations refused to play it. Magazines also refused to carry ads for the album. Nowadays, it’s regarded as one of the greatest debut albums ever made.
0wDDv TIL Raul Julia or 'Gomez' from Addams Family (1991) was visibly ill with stomach cancer on set of the sequel. He died less than a year later.
awb5M TIL IBM designed a supercomputer in 2008 to run the entire internet -- a global-scale computer.
bVpp TIL that Sir Archy, one of the first great American race horses, retired because “there were no opponents willing to race against him.” His offspring were also so successful that they were effectively banned.