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TIL the Newman's Own food company donates 100% of its profits to charity.

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wLxv8 TIL George Clooney's first starring role was in "the Attack of the Killer Tomatoes" called the "worst film ever made" though now considered a cult schlock classic
8b4X TIL that your pupils can expand by as much as 45% when looking at someone you love
b4gj TIL: Sesame Street reviewed exactly 45 years ago today quoted a professor saying it could flop because it wasn’t “structured” teaching. (PDF)
EgdrP TIL NFL RB Maurice Jones-Drew choose the number 32 for his jersey because he was passed over by all 32 NFL in the first round of the 2006 NFL draft. (This was due to his relatively small size/height)
vgyL TIL American pediatrician Saul Krugman deliberately infected thousands of mentally disabled children with Hepatitis B between 1950-1972 to further his research in vaccinology. He was made president of the American Pediatric Society in 1972.