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TIL injuries from opening food packages hospitalize over 60,000 people a year

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b9A7j TIL Joe Son from Austin Powers ("Random Task" "who throws a shoe?") Is in jail for torturing a woman, and then murdered his cellmate.
eWkk TIL that in the US, in order to be legally called “chocolate”, a product must contain cocoa butter. Phrases like “chocolatey” and “chocolate flavored” are used for products that do not contain cocoa butter, but instead use other vegetable oils. These have a different taste than “real chocolate”.
Q5Je TIL Beluga Whales have been known to mimic human speech, even tricking a group of divers by issuing an “out of the water” order.
VM86p TIL that since NHL players earn one point for a goal and one for an assist, if you took away every single one of Wayne Gretzky's goals, he would STILL be the NHL's all time leading scorer. In other words, he as more assists than anyone else has assists+goals.
XEWZj TIL: about Disulfiram (Antabuse) which is a drug used to treat Alcoholism. It causes acute sensitivity to alcohol, producing hangover like symptoms almost immediately after consuming any amount of alcohol.