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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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MJJb TIL Daniel Norris, a 21yo baseball player who recently joined the Toronto Bluejays with a $2,000,000 signing bonus, lives and sleeps in a VW bus. He has also never drunk alcohol, works part time in the off-season at a retail store, and spends no more than $800 a month.
7raP TIL That Israel actually calculates a daily allowed caloric intake for the Palestinians in Gaza.
eNvL TIL that Apes who have been trained to use sign-language have so far failed to ever ask a single question.
wLG57 TIL That Wild Bil Hickok and his family were very anti-slavery. Hickok’s father moved his family from Vermont to Maine to Homer (now Troy Grove), Illinois. There the family’s small farm served as a stop on the Underground Railroad.
xVk6w TIL William McGonagall's poetry was so bad, he read it as part of a circus sideshow. He was eventually legally barred from performing because the audience would riot.