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TIL That coca-cola used the swastika in advertising prior to WWII when the Nazis ruined the symbol forever.

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1a7Rd TIL that after the Unabomber demanded his manifesto be published in a major newspaper in order to cease his attacks, Penthouse offered to publish it. His response was that he hoped for a more "respectable" outlet, but if no one else agreed, he would let them publish but he would bomb one more time.
O7M1 TIL Your period can come out of your belly button.
7Blx TIL that Komodo Dragons actually do have venom-producing glands and are “remarkably clean” animals, debunking the 30 year assumption that they used harmful bacteria from rotting flesh.
4rOJ TIL That Sean Bean gets fan mail intended for Rowan Atkinson who played ‘Mr. Bean’
d8Bnr TIL: Paris had a pneumatic post system, where you could send your mail through tubes until 1984!