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TIL Eating hair can result in large, undigestible masses in the stomach called "bezoars" that may require surgery to remove

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Zk6B TIL the founder of Macy’s, Rowland Hussey, who was a Quaker, is credited with inventing the price tag. Quakers believed it was immoral to barter - charging people different prices for the same product. Also, price tags made it easier to expand and quickly hire new sales people.
N8gP TIL the largest embassy in the world is the U.S embassy in Iraq. It is nearly as large as Vatican City, employs 15,000 people, and cost $750 million to build.
neo1d TIL that the project aimed at resurrecting the Woolly Mammoth is only three successful mutations away from beginning embryo growth in Asian Elephants.
58vP TIL: Doctors are now prescribing books to treat depression
wLBoM TIL: All the American Flags On the Moon Are Now White due to radiation from the sun.