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TIL that from 2010 to 2020 Bhutan banned the sale, manufacture, and distribution of tobacco

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dnmd TIL the biggest lobster ever documented was in 1977- 44 lb, almost 4 feet long, and estimated to be as old as 100 years. Records show lobsters reached as big as 6 feet during colonial times!
YEjd TIL in the 80s Satanic Ritual Abuse (SRA) allegations created a morale panic putting innocent people behind bars, destroyed careers, and changed the way children are questioned. It formed the basis of many morale panics against Heavy Metal, video games, and D&D.
GgW7 TIL When charging car battery, connecting positive to negative and negative to positive could result in damage to the alternator or even an explosion.
9lKX TIL that the first gingerbread man was made for the court of Elizabeth I of England, and fashioned to look like distinguished guests.
dWXE TIL that Ozzy Osbourne once got so wasted before a meeting with the German head of CBS Europe, he left thinking he had ‘lightened the mood’ with a striptease. In reality, he performed a Nazi goose-step up and down the table before dipping his testicles in, then urinating in, the director’s wine.