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TIL that Gwyneth Paltrow marketed jade eggs for women to insert into their vaginas, and got sued for false claims and misleading information

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WkDVA TIL The Sarlaac pit from Star Wars was based off of a real insect called the ant lion, that traps ants in pits that they’re buried in, grabs them with venomous pincers, and repeatedly slams them into the ground until the die.
0wJP1 TIL The Japanese conglomerate Mitsubishi has been been freezing and storing blue-fin tuna. They expect prices to skyrocket once the blue-fin tuna is extinct. They will own the only remaining supply.
NMwe TIL that Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia) had an affair with then-married Harrison Ford (Han Solo) during their filming of the Star Wars films.
ADJD4 TIL there was a “no-nose club” in the 19th century for sufferers of syphilis whose noses had collapsed
7RxO TIL that we haven’t had a bearded president in the United States since 1893.