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TIL Ex-Beatle George Harrison was forced against his will to sign a guitar for his cancer doctor as he lay dying. He also broke Harrison’s confidentiality agreement by announcing he was in cancer treatment. He was later convicted of malpractice in 20 other cases.

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laK5 TIL the mysterious “Umbrella Man” (aka Louie Steven Witt) of the JFK assassination said, “I think if the Guinness Book of World Records had a category for people who were at the wrong place at the wrong time, doing the wrong thing, I would be No. 1 in that position, without even a close runner-up.”
Y6yd TIL that most ‘wasabi’ sold outside Japan is really horseradish with green food coloring added. If it contains '5%’ wasabi plant, they can call it 'wasabi’. The part added is usually the leaf, which does not have the wasabi flavor at all.
mxaJp TIL Japan grows less than 40% of the food it needs to feed its citizens
VMyLB TIL that tadpoles can eat rabbit food!
QJg9E TIL Necco Wafers are America’s oldest candy and has been made in New England since 1847. They were originally called “hub wafers” and were carried by Union soldiers during the Civil War