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TIL Dr. Seuss once wrote a Warner Bros. film called Going Home, that was banned because it accidentally predicted the Manhattan Project

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epZyD TIL that a rare psychiatric disorder called Stendhal syndrome causes fainting, crying and hallucinations when a person becomes overwhelmed by viewing great art. It’s most commonly reported among tourists visiting Florence, Paris, Tokyo, and Rome.
XeA6 TIL Starbucks spends more on health insurance for its employees than on coffee beans.
YbAW TIL Millennium Challenge was a major war game exercise conducted by the US military in 2002. The combatants were the US, referred to as “Blue”, and an unknown adversary know as “Red”. After Red’s commander defeated Blue Team using asymmetric warfare, the game was reset and rigged so Blue would win.
lyP1 TIL that Belgium produces an amazing 220,000 tons of chocolate per year, and that the Brussels International Airport is one of the world’s largest selling points of chocolate.
GAlN TIL the Law of Consecration requires Mormons to give all their property to the LDS church, then receive “as much [property] as is sufficient for himself and family”. Any property “more than is necessary for their support” should be given back so “every man who has need may be amply supplied”.