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TIL in 2008 Monty Python decided to start their own Youtube channel. They uploaded HQ videos of their sketches which in only a few days resulted in a 16,000% increase in DVD box set sales.

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0dpZp TIL that tetrodotoxin (TTX), which makes pufferfish poisonous, may not be made by the pufferfish themselves. TTX is produced by marine bacteria in the natural pufferfish food chain, and pufferfish fed TTX-free diets become non-toxic. When TTX is re-introduced to the fish, they become toxic again.
VdYZ TIL that homework was a discouraged practice until the 1950s to stay ahead in the Cold War
yQj4X TIL that US Navy periscope operators now use Xbox controllers, as the original control stick was deemed too complicated and a lot more expensive. Xbox controllers are so widely used that the learning time is hugely reduced, and they cost $37,980 less.
yQ9Ov TIL a young man was killed when his head became stuck underneath a cinema seat as he looked for some possessions he’d dropped
691KY TIL that when white settlers asked abolitionist John Brown to drive Native Americans out of Ohio. He refused, saying "I would sooner take my gun and help drive you out of the country!"