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TIL one of the main reasons why industrial hemp is illegal was because Dupont had patented nylon, and wanted hemp removed as competition

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Y7aGG TiL the Nirvana song "About a Girl" was written by Kurt Cobain about his then girlfriend Tracy Marander, partially inspired by their fights over Cobain's refusal to do household chores. She didn't know the song was about her until reading a biography on the band.
M1rK TIL 40% of successful people consider themselves frauds
ZkrD TIL A Chinese man kicked a dog who was in his parking spot. The dog came back the next day with his dog pals, and they attacked his car, chomping on fenders and windshield wipers.
9YJdM TIL popular artist Thomas Kinkade practiced "ritual territory marking" by urinating on elevators, Disneyland sculptures, and public walkways.
Jmmm TIL that despite common misconception, Thomas Crapper did not invent the flush toilet, he only popularized it by inventing the ballcock