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TIL the Scotts company used to include clover in their lawn mix as a natural fertilizer. When their new herbicide killed the clover, they reclassified it as a weed.

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KXBB TIL of a British marine who threw himself on an enemy grenade, walked away with a nosebleed and got himself the George Cross
e0Jg TIL that, during Prohibition, alcohol was legal if it was used for religious purposes. This lead to many bootleggers posing as rabbis, who sold sacramental champagne, creme de menthe, and brandy.
LlVV TIL Alexander Graham Bell did not invent the telephone. It was originally invented by Antonio Meucci, however he could not afford the $10 to renew his ‘impending patent’. Alexander filed a patent for the idea and Antonio died before legal action could be taken.
b4a4 TIL the worlds first successful penis transplant patient had it removed 2 weeks later due to his wife’s “psychological rejection”
8a55P TIL Hilary Farr, the co-host of the HGTV and W Network television series Love It or List It, was Betty Munroe in The Rocky Horror Picture Show.