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TIL The “Don’t tase me, bro” kid TRADEMARKED “don’t tase me, bro.”

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b9d84 TIL about 'the Tridge', a three legged wooden footbridge that spans the confluence of the Chippewa and Tittabawassee Rivers in Chippewassee Park in Midland, Michigan. The three legs span out to Chippewassee Park, St. Charles Park and the Farmer's Market areas.
xEpw TIL In the late 1990s, Dr. Ralph Walden peer reviewed 165 studies related to the safety of aspartame. 74 were funded corporations tied to aspartame. The other 91 were independent. ALL of the research that had financial ties to aspartame deemed it safe. The remaining 92% disagreed.
gygL TIL of Helmuth Hübener, the youngest opponent of the Nazis to be sentenced to death. Upon receiving his sentence, he told the judges “Now I must die, even though I have committed no crime. So now it’s my turn, but your turn will come.”
vPyy8 TIL shamrocks in a crystal bowl has been gifted to the president of the United States every St Patrick's Day since the early 1950s.
jN70n TIL that 1991 song 'Losing My Religion' by REM isn't about a guy being separated from Higher being but simply about unrequited love.