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TIL in 2023 a man collected several discarded urine bottles from overworked Amazon employees, released them back onto Amazon rebranded as "Release Energy" and become a #1 Bestseller

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p8GM8 TIL in 2016, a fleck of paint hit the 6-inch-thick windshield of the International Space Station and went about 3 inches into the glass.
Dm5r TIL that Billy Crystal’s character, Miracle Max, in the Princess Bride was so funny that it nearly stopped the production of the movie. One actor bruised a rib from clenching to try not to laugh.
DQPRP TIL El Salvador has the highest incarceration rate in the world, with 1086/100,000 people in jail
x61M1 TIL McDonald's initially was a barbeque restaurant when it first opened. They had lots of competition as a barbeque shop and dealt with tight profit margins which caused them to close for a few months. They then reopened as a burger restaurant.
W8Qd TIL that the wet wipe industry and sewerage companies are fighting over what it means to be “flushable” with the sewerage companies claiming that they had to remove lumps as big as 10 tons from their sewer systems.