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TIL penguins oil was an alternative oil product when seal oil resources were depleted on Antarctic islands

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54GD TIL that JFK purchased 1200 Cuban cigars hours before he ordered the Cuban Trade Embargo in 1962
pY9JA TIL Olive Oyl was the main character 10 years before Popeye in their original comic strip
M0MK TIL the United States government fed radioactive oatmeal to mentally handicapped children to study the effects of radioactivity.
yQOJp TIL of Queen Isabella; frustrated, humiliated and tired of her husband; fled England, tricked him to send their son, invaded England with her lover (enemy and fugitive of her husband) and defeated him.
Y7ElA TIL about breech birth where the baby come out feet first instead of head first like it's supposed to. Around 3%-5% women experience breech birth.