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TIL a man sued the Australian Knitting Mills for his underwear giving him “Itchy Nuts”

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jNadX TIL that the song ‘The Most Wonderful Time of the Year’ mentioning “scary ghost stories” is from the pre-Christianity pagan belief that the winter solstice, being the longest night, was when the dead could most easily return.
mxDeo TIL there is an event in history called "The Great Stink". In 1858, central London got so stinky because of untreated sewage, that it became unbearable for local population. Incidentally that event became starting point to modernize sewage treatment as we have it today.
yJQw TIL a company called Beyond Meat makes protein-rich and sustainable meat alternatives made entirely from plants. Bill Gates writes that he was “fooled by how real it tasted” and called it “a taste of the future of food”.
aV60 TIL that dietary imbalances are a far greater cause of cancer than chemical exposure
WZN4 TIL that San Fransisco Giants pitcher, Madison Bumgarner, once dated a girl named Madison Bumgarner