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TIL of caudal regression syndrome, a rare birth defect that causes regression of development of the lower spine and limbs.

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Y1X7 TIL that throwing out your garbage in Germany is so complicated that the city sends you a magazine every year with instructions
6ErK8 TIL An elixir containing cocaine from the coca leaf and caffeine from the African kola nut was marketed in Atlanta. It was sold as a brain tonic recommended as a medication for headaches, alcoholism, morphine addiction, abdominal pain, and menstrual cramps. This elixir, appropriately named Coca-Cola
p8OVO TIL Scientists found that if they made fibers out of biodegradable bioplastics that they had an astonishing strength of 580,000 pounds per square inch. The fibers are used within bioplastics themselves to self reinforce.
KYwGR TIL you used to be able to call POP-CORN to get the current time
4XX0w TIL During the Little Ice Age, the Thames River would freeze over so severely during the winter months, Londoners would come together and have celebratory fairs (open markets) on the ice, the first recorded in 1608.