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TIL pillbugs (AKA roly polies) are not, in fact, bugs at all. They’re crustaceans, “closely related to lobsters, crabs, and shrimp.”

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M7OKB TIL margarine was illegal in Wisconsin until 1967. Before that, Wisconsinites would sometimes smuggle in margarine from the south.
p8aNA TIL - The Song “Rubber Duckie” by Ernie from Sesame Street, reached #16 on the Billboard charts in September of 1970.
woEYE TIL in 1926 a Canadian financier’s will left his Jamaican holiday home to 3 men who despised each other - as long as they lived in the property together; shares in a jockey club to anti-horse-racing advocates; and shares in a brewing company to Protestant ministers who opposed alcohol consumption.
grEXA TIL 1 in 5 CEOs have psychopathic tendencies
45vN TIL Nestlé has produced over 300 limited-edition Kit Kat flavors in Japan, one of the most popular being “soy sauce.”