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TIL after Einstein died in 1955, preserved slices of his brain were smuggled to the University of Kansas -- where as part of a hazing ritual, students would suck on bits from Einstein's brain while downing shots of cheap tequila.

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Z87Xo TIL that the mystery novelist Agatha Christie posthumously saved a girl’s life by having written in one of her stories about a rare poison. That same poison was killing this girl in real life, and the doctors had no clue, but a nurse happened to be reading that story at the time.
4XvD5 TIL Sears used to sell houses during the Jim Crow era, and since they were sold through magazines, no one could deny selling the houses to blacks because of anonymity.
wjj6 TIL that a panty and a bra flushed down a toilet ended up causing a sewer to collapse, leading to a flood that damaged 20 homes and a road to crack open.
QJGNX TIL in Quebec after banning ads for toys and fast food targeted at children under 13, the result was lower childhood obesity rates.
9YGym TIL that the Judean Date Palm was extinct until scientists germinated 2,000 year old seeds to bring the tree back into existence. The seeds were discovered in an ancient jar in Israel, dated between 155 BC to 64 AD.