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TIL that the advertising campaign for the energy drink “Pussy” was banned in the UK for being sexually explicit. The slogan was “The drink’s pure, it’s your mind that’s the problem”.

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PYnQO TIL On October 23, 1983, two truck bombs struck buildings in Beirut, housing American and French service members of a peacekeeping operation during the Lebanese Civil War. The attack killed 307 people. The attacks eventually led to the withdrawal of the international peacekeeping force from Lebanon.
OoBVR TIL that Science says booger-eating and nose-picking is healthy. It turns out that snot is actually full of bacteria that helps your teeth, immune system, and overall health.
MVJA TIL in the 17th century the Roman Catholic Church ruled that the beaver was a fish so that the general prohibition on the consumption of meat on Fridays during Lent did not apply to beaver meat
RyM9 TIL American socialite Barbara Daly Baekeland tried to ‘cure’ her sons homosexuality by forcing him to sleep with her. She ended up being murdered by him. After his release from prison Antony Baekeland tried to kill his grandmother as well.
gYL9 TIL ‘Goodbye’ is a contraction of the phrase 'God be with you’, originating in 1580.