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TIL that the game Monopoly was created with the goal of showing that rents enriched property owners and impoverished tenants

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nL0B TIL there is a disease called “Stone Man Syndrome” which causes soft tissues to heal as bone, leading to sufferers losing mobility as the disease progresses.
Aneg TIL babies under 1 year should not eat honey. Due to spores of Clostridium botulinum germinating within the intestines, babies could get infant botulism which potentially could be fatal.
QXMa TIL that with his early investments in the Apple stock, Forrest Gump’s net worth would be $5.7 billion.
R5ZWw TIL "Bezoar stones", undigested matter in porcupines, proboscis monkeys, and other animal's intestines, were once prized in Europe and Asia as magical cure-all stones and worn by royalty on rings.
OGPYg TIL insecticide laced cotton balls are placed in the wild for mice to collect for nests to control tick populations.