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TIL: In the 1950s, if a woman wanted to know if she was pregnant, she needed to get her urine injected into a frog.

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eZrb TIL there is a boardgame called “The Campaign for North Africa,” which takes an estimated 60,000 minutes to complete. An example of the extreme details? Italian troops require extra water in order to boil pasta.
yV8ew TIL a California woman filed a class-action lawsuit against Ferrero (maker of Nutella) after she was shocked to discover it wasn't healthy and that the chocolate spread she was feeding her 4 year-old daughter was full of sugar and fat. Ferrero lost and paid $3M over false nutritional claims
69oD8 TIL the largest single celled organism can grow up to TWO inches
PrdG TIL of Ming the Clam that, when discovered, it was the oldest living animal ever discovered…until the Scientists observing the clam killed it.
Keg9 TIL that in United States military history, more citations for the Medal of Honor have been awarded for falling on grenades to save comrades than any other single act.