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TIL That Petroleum companies bought rights to Battery patents and sued anyone who used them (with gag orders)

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W0bL TIL that Wladimir Klitschko auctioned off his 1996 Olympic gold medal in March 2012 for charity. The buyer payed $1 million but immediatly returned it because he wanted it to stay in the family.
xawg TIL more US soldiers died in the First Gulf War from accidents and friendly fire than were killed by enemy fire
W6xN TIL that when the human body is deprived of adequate nutrition, testosterone levels drop, but estrogen levels remain constant, causing a hormonal imbalance, creating what we call “man boobs”.
LBdd TIL Kenan Thompson was told “I was going to need two dicks for all of the women I was going to get after the movie came out” by Bill Cosby while working the film Fat Albert.
877G TIL Bic pen lids have holes in them so if ever inhaled the risk of suffocation is minimised