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TIL the 1904 Olympic Marathon only 14 men crossed the finish: one after hitchhiking, one after napping, and one—the winner—after drinking rat poison

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eNeD TIL In Finland, nearly every newborn is sent home with a free, government-issued cardboard box. It contains clothes, blankets, and other newborn necessities, and the Baby Box itself - which is lined with a mattress - can be used as the child’s first bed.
JYllj TIL the famous Leroy Jenkins video from WOW was re-staged since no one recorded the real event. The video posted to YouTube was acted.
vQVB TIL that when the US navy banned alcohol on ships in July 1914, they held one last massive party and invited ships from several nations to help drink the last of the booze. Many of the participants in the party would become enemies weeks later when WWI broke out.
EgemV TIL Robert Taylor popularized hand soap from a pump when his company introduced Softsoap in 1978. To forestall competition from larger companies, he ordered 100 million pumps from the only existing US manufacturers. The $12 million buy prevented the giants from matching his product for over a year.
W7JG8 TIL Plastic trash bags weren't widely available until the late 1960s. The drawstring was introduced in 1984.