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TIL there were chips made with Olestra that caused many to run to the restroom

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Oxj4 TIL: “One man actually succeeded in reinventing the wheel. John Keogh … submitted a patent application for a ‘circular transportation facilitation device’ in May 2001, shortly after a new patent system was introduced in Australia. His 'wheel’ was issued a patent.”
6r5m TIL the satirical news outlet ‘The Onion’ is now worth more than most of the legitimate news outlets that it mocks
Zggp TIL Doctors’ sloppy handwriting kills more than 7,000 people annually in the United States.
wLeVo TIL of Tsujigiri or 'crossroad killing' the practice whereby a Samurai would test the sharpness of a new katana by attacking a random passerby.
KOmeE TIL Darwin believed that white people were more evolved than black people. He also believed that males were superior to females.