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TIL that the sugar industry promoted sugar as a weight loss product.

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epgaE TIL the first chemotherapy drug was derived from mustard gas
5Kdr TIL to join The 300 Club, when the outside temperature at the South Pole is less than -73C (-100F), it’s traditional to get in a sauna at 93C (200F) and then run around the South Pole naked. Thus experiencing a 300 degree Fahrenheit temperature difference.
Qpjk TIL Disney used to film real actors and draw over the video footage to animate movies like Snow White, Cinderella, and Sleeping Beauty
oRg6K TIL 5-time chess world champion Vishy Anand was India’s first GM and held the No. 1 national ranking for 37 years until September 2023, now there are 3 Indian chess players, including the reigning world chess champion, in the world top 6 and semi retired Vishy is still ranked world No. 13.
1aylP TIL that Pope Gregory XIV made gambling on papal elections punishable by excommunication.