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TIL: General Motors hired Prostitutes to discredit Ralph Nader

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kJW1g TIL Not everybody experiences the itch of head lice, so not feeling itchy doesn’t mean you don’t have lice. Head lice have learned to adapt and most over-the-counter products are no longer as effective as they once were
xXJ5 TIL that traditional Catalan (Spain) nativity scenes always have a figure to the side in the act of defecation
P1YkL TIL a man ate an entire airplane over the course of two years
JNoB TIL that sleeping supine (on your back) is likely to cause nightmares due to a higher possibility to sleep apnea and because all your vital organs are exposed, making you feel vulnerable,
b9L6N TIL that the same engineer who was responsible for adding lead (TEL) to gasoline was also responsible for the widespread use of CFCs as refrigerants. The same person was responsible for two of the worst air pollutants of the twentieth century.