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TIL George H.W. Bush was named “Skin Man of the Year” by pork-rind manufacturers after he expressed a fondness for the snack in 1988 that led to a spike in sales

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rxOw TIL of Carl Fisher who built a fortune in automobile headlights, then went on to found the first auto dealership, the first transcontinental road, the Indianapolis speedway, and the town of Miami Beach. He lost most of his fortune in the Great Depression and was largely forgotten by history.
07bv TIL That when a person dies, hearing is the last sense to go.
KlyE TIL that the surgeon general under Clinton was fired after she said that masturbation should be taught in schools.
yJ7e TIL a guy hung dolls from trees on an island in honour of a little girl who died, he eventually covered the whole island in dolls until he committed suicide
9kjD TIL Marijuana was made illegal in 1937 by a man who testified that the drug made white women want to be with black guys.