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TIL about the "Mariko Aoki effect", which is when people have an urge to poop caused by visiting a bookstore

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BgKXb TIL Spartan law forbade the marriage of a girl until she was in her late teens or early 20s. The reasons were to ensure the birth of healthy children; and to spare women the risks and lifelong health damage associated with adolescent pregnancy.
WkKkN TIL the inventor of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups worked for Hershey before starting his own company. Some sources claim H.B. Reese was laid off, others claim he quit.
O5xY TIL March 6 is the official “Day of the Dude”, in the belief system of “Dudeism”
BVkW TIL Chuck Berry earns all the royalties from the Beach Boy’s 1963 hit single Surfin USA, which he won in a copyright infringement lawsuit unbeknownst to the Beach Boys for 25 years.
D1Ydv TIL that in Vietnam, the Vietnam War is called the Resistance War against America, or the American War.