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TIL the human body can survive for around a half a minute, completely exposed in space, without permanent injury

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e0r74 TIL that a literary prank 1963 convinced germany that Hansel and Gretel were real.
4llb TIL indie musician Paz planted 5000 copies of his own album into wrapped CD cases resembling Justin Bieber’s “Believe”, down to the bar code and cover, at major retailers. Paz stated retailers made it impossible to get indie music sold there and that ‘the world won’t really miss a Bieber record’.
wLoNP TIL Paper-towels are NOT recyclable
E79P TIL During the 1960 campaign, John F. Kennedy’s opponents said he had Addison’s disease. His doctors released a cleverly worded statement saying that he did not have Addison’s disease caused by tuberculosis, and the matter was dropped. He had Addison’s disease caused by a rare autoimmune disease.
QNobM TIL a few tech companies (ie. AOL) used to fight spam with Haikus (poems) embedded into an email licensed from a company named Habeas. Habeas would sue mass spammers for copyright infringement. In one case, they won a $100k judgement.