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TIL that Hormel Foods keeps a file of hatemail they've received from American soldiers who had to eat the notorious food product while at war overseas

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Z8nv4 TIL that when ballpoint pens were first introduced in 1945, they cost $12.50 each, which would be $182 today's money.
rRaPy TIL that port 666 is reserved by the IANA, the official body that oversees IP address allocations on the internet, for playing 'Doom'.
nZ8G TIL a Colorado judge sentences violators brought to court for blasting loud music to an hour of listening to Barry Manilow at high volume.
BWOy TIL in 1985 a New Orleans man drowned at pool party attended by 100 lifeguards celebrating a summer with no drownings!
4X0GN Today I learned about the discovery of viruses (bacteriophages) that kill bacteria and how they were experimenting with them as a treatment before the discovery of penicillin.