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TIL in the 1950s, faith healer Greet Hofmans has been invited in the Dutch royal court thanks to her treating the eyes of Princess Maria Christina before causing controversy over her influence over Queens Wilhelmina and Beatrix

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LkQjV TIL NYC Mayor Fiorello La Guardia banned pinball in the 1940s as gambling that emptied the "pockets of schoolchildren in the form of nickels and dimes given them as lunch money". All pinball machines were rounded up and smashed dramatically by the mayor, before being dumped into city rivers.
6EYXQ TIL, against conventional rules of Latin grammar, Toyota declared that the plural of Prius is Prii. (pronounced PREE eye)
GAVRg TIL Menthol cough drops may cause rebound coughing
OyMX TIL: Gregory Sams, inventor of the Veggie Burger, had never eaten a real burger before.
kJdR4 TIL That the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) doesn’t sanction a national championship for Division 1 FBS football.