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TIL Monopoly was originally intended to teach the player the broken nature of Capitalism

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4NVX TIL that during WWII the owner of Coca-Cola made sure “to see that every American in uniform gets a bottle of Coca-Cola, wherever he is and whatever it costs the Company.”
xV05B TIL that, when threatened, the yellow-spotted millipede or Harpaphe haydeniana curls up into a ball and exudes hydrogen cianide on its predator, accompanied by the characteristic smell of toasted almonds, being lethal to rodents and birds. It uses chemical warfare on its victims!
4XK8X TIL that the political terms “left”, “right”, and “center” originated from the seating arrangement of the French Parliament after the French Revolution. Moderates sat in the center, conservatives on the right, etc.
9jJQ TIL that in 1993, some FBI agents tried to order pizza from a recently raided psychiatric hospital, only to be rejected over the phone by an incredulous pizza delivery man.
oBZ6K TIL the DMZ between North and South Korea has created an ecological oasis where otherwise rare or extinct species are thriving.