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TIL that anyone can start an online business about anything

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OGZJe TIL that Tootsie Rolls helped save American troops during the Korean War. 15,000 troops faced off against 120,000. They called for an airdrop of mortars using the code Tootsie Rolls. when it arrived, it was actual Tootsie Rolls. They used it to patch holes in vehicles and equipment and retreat.
d8Wl9 TIL that the futurama writer has PhD in math and invented a new math theorem just to use in the show
OR07 TIL Who framed Roger Rabbit is loosely based off of a true conspiracy by General Motors to purchase & dismantle streetcar systems in American cities between 1938-1950
rjj4 TIL of Ewen Cameron, who in the the 50s ran experiments on humans which involved giving several electric shocks a week, taping blacked out football helmets to their heads and playing repetitive messages in their ears for months at a time. Some patients apparently forgot who they were and how to talk
0oa5 TIL Quaker Oats was not founded by, nor has it ever had anything to do, with real Quakers.