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TIL that in the 90s Subaru discovered a lot of their customers were lesbians and started marketing directly to them.

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PXen TIL the pharmaceutical drug industry actively recruits college cheerleaders as prescription drug reps to influence sales to male doctors
D1nrj TIL as part of pre-Columbian Aztec child sacrifices, children were required to cry so their tears would wet the earth to appease the Aztec deity; if they didn't cry, priests would tear out their fingernails before the sacrifice to trigger crying
AD9ba TIL of Cahkoia, a great Native American city near current day St Louis, which had a population in 1250 AD bigger than London
jB7E TIL that Gatorade is nothing more than salted sugar water. That’s right, those fancy sounding “electrolytes” are just plain old sugar and table salt.
GYKvG TIL Rick Allen, the drummer from Def Leppard, lost an arm in a car accident in 1984. He thought he would never play again until a friend noticed him tapping his foot while listening to music and offered to develop a specially designed electronic foot pedal. He returned to the band in 1986.