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TIL that Hydrox cookies actually beat Oreos to market by over four years but were ultimately doomed because their name sounds like a cleaning product.

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a8VgA TIL plastic soda bottles are shipped in compressed form for shipping, and later use blow molding to expand to their traditional shapes for filling.
YpkLB TIL that one woman pays $164K per year to live on a luxury cruise ship
lZ5K TIL There’s a genetic disease called Laron Syndrome that results in short stature, longer life expectancy, and near immunity to cancer and diabetes - amongst other things.
ADRvl TIL Anne Frank's diary entered the public domain the same day as Hitler's Mein Kampf. And that a copyright dispute still swirls around the diary.
yQAJX TIL John Ross Bowie, who played the reoccurring role of Kripke, on "The Big Bang Theory" also is a film critic, who wrote a whole book on the movie "Heathers".