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TIL That Men NEED to consume cholesterol to create Testosterone and build muscle

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OLA4 TIL that a high school teacher successfully indoctrinated his class into a pseudo-fascist movement to show how Nazi idealism spread across Germany during WWII.
yVZyX TIL Shrek was based on a picture book originally published in 1990.
nWK5W TIL a woman claimed three of her toes, which had been amputated 8 years before, miraculously grew back, prompting a man to create ShowMeTheToes.com to demand proof.
LQYap TIL in 2001 The LEGO Group faced legal action for their use, and misuse, of various Polynesian Words for Bionicle. Specifically how Tohunga (meaning “skilled person/spiritual leader”) was used to describe small villagers.
9KbM TIL the prune industry asked the FDA to relabel prunes as “dried plums” because “prunes” weren’t selling. It worked.