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TIL that in the orignal Powerpuff Girls pilot, the accidental substance was a can of “Whoop Ass”

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JLEk TIL After mismanagement, Digg, a company that had been valued at over $160 million sold for a mere $500,000.
gnAb TIL In the U.S. an estimated 300,000 deaths per year may be attributable to obesity.
P1k0g TIL That English sports betting site William Hill, who offered 5000-1 odds on Leiceister City winning the English Premier League in 2015, ended up losing $3 million. Because of this, they no longer offer odds higher than 1000-1 for bets on teams winning championships.
awemb TIL It would take 1,200,000 mosquitoes, each sucking once, to completely drain the average human of blood.
5Vda9 TIL that Stuart Anders, the inventor of the slap bracelet, donated 200 of his original bracelets called the "Slap Wrap" to Florida elementary school students after they were given a Chinese knockoff brand which had inappropriate pictures printed on the metal beneath the bracelets' cloth wrapping.