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TIL The inventors of Bubble Wrap were originally trying to make plastic wallpaper.

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wGRJ TIL Restaurants often serve a fish called Escolar, disguised to be Tuna on the menu. Eating too much of this fish, more than 6 ounces, will cause explosive, oily, uncontrollable orange diarrhea. Accidents can also happen while passing gas.
KOOeE For a while, yes, but you will eventually run into nutritional deficiencies.
5amr TIL when Ol’ Dirty Bastard recorded his part on Mariah Carey’s “Fantasy”,he arrived at the studio 3 hours late and drunk.He’d record 1 line and sleep for an hour.At the video shoot,he told the label he needed clothes.He tried to buy Louis Vuitton luggage with the corporate credit card he was given.
5x5p TIL Running back Joe Delaney, who could not swim, died attempting to save three children from drowning.
69Ny7 TIL that Roman Soldiers were not allowed to marry until the Second Century AD. Until then wives were illegal and any children were considered illegitimate.