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TIL You cant sue your bank…no matter what they do.

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Wkylo TIL Lays marketed a low calorie "WOW" brand of chips that made consumers crap their pants. The main ingredient, Olestra, is a fat substitute which allows for frying without calories being added. The problem is your body can't absorb it. Consumers suffered from cramping, diarrhea, and anal leakage.
m8ME TIL a proton was detected traveling at 0.9999999999999999999999951c, with the kinetic energy of a thrown baseball. It was dubbed the ‘Oh-My-God Particle’
69Rpm TIL: That John Candy's father died of complications of heart disease at age 35 in 1955 when Candy was just five years old.
lopQN TIL that during the time of the 3rd Reich, the Hitler Youth planted larches in a pine forest so that when autumn came it looked like a swastika from the air.
M7olK TIL - John Cazale (Fredo from The Godfather) appeared in 5 films, all of which were nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture, with 3 of them winning.