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TIL sugar can be more addictive than both cocaine and heroin.

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OG7lX TIL Chef Boyardee's canned Ravioli kept WWII soldiers fed and he became the largest supplier of rations during the war. When American soldiers started heading to Europe to fight, Hector Boiardi and brothers Paul and Mario decided to keep the factory open 24/7 in order to produce enough meals
WkkrX TIL South Korea has completely Autonomous Turrets, SGR-A1 developed by Samsung, deployed along its entire 160 mile border with North Korea, making it the most militarized border in the world.
nepJo TIL pineapples in the 1700s were worth over $8000 in present-day currency. People would literally rent them to flex at parties.
wL9VE TIL that bed bugs were practically driven to extinction in the United States up until the nineties. We still aren't sure exactly how they managed to come back, but they are sadly becoming much more common every year.
VBJl8 TIL that John Lennon once mistook a nativity scene outside a house with a bunch of men playing poker on a midnight stroll home from Paul McCartney's house. He wasn't wearing his glasses at the time