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TIL that many women from the victorian era made jewelry from insects

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9wxY6 TIL about Hit Man: A Technical Manual for Independent Contractors, a manual for contract killing for which Paladin Press was sued several times by victims' relatives after their murderers used this book as a how-to guide
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aMjA TIL that Shasta Beverages, the company best known for all the third-tier sodas you can find at the dollar store, invented the soda can
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