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TIL Johnny Carson Predicted the toilet paper shortage back in 1973

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aw56o TIL the derelict Tomlinson Hall in Indianapolis, Indiana was destroyed by a fire on January 30, 1958, allegedly after a pigeon dropped a lit cigarette on the roof of the building
Wkr19 TIL that in the 1940s, the USSR had a program designed to study the excrement of foreign leaders. It was believed that traces of various compounds in feces could give insights into each leader's psychology.
e06Gg TIL if "Jedi" was accepted as a religion by New Zealand's 2001 census, it would have been the second-largest religion behind Christianity in NZ
LQAxr TIL of the Alcohol Harm Paradox: Poor people who report lower rates of drinking suffer more alcohol-related illnesses than rich people who report higher rates of drinking.
vBE4 TIL that of the 112 deaths during the construction of the Hoover dam. The first was J.G.Tierney, a surveyor who drowned on December 20, 1922. His son, Patrick, was the last man to die working on the dam’s construction, 13 years to the day later.