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TIL that Chex (originally Shredded Ralston) was created by pseudoscience writer Webster Edgerly as a food to give mind control powers to white people.

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R5BLj TIL in some countries in Europe including the UK, they have to pay for a TV license
OoEVg TIL World Record Breaking Waterslide Decapitated a 10 Year Old Boy.
Yp097 TIL the term “Crosshair” comes from when the military used actual hair in optics during WWII. Mary Babnik Brown first woman to have her hair used for military aircraft bombsights because she had never chemically treated or heated with a curling iron.
aWMy TIL an app exists where you can call and wake up strangers.
VB49Z TIL that in 1405, King Charles VI of France went five months without bathing or changing his clothes. He was also convinced he was made of glass and feared he would shatter if touched.