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TIL Jeff Bezos chose books as the thing to first sell on Amazon because it was the product that had the most individual items.

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YgNZ TIL that the LDS church still officially teaches against interracial marriage, generally.
QJdlX TIL Steven Seagal was choked unconscious and promptly lost bowel after proclaiming his Aikido training would render him immune to chokes.
d8ENZ TIL that the first written recipe for guacamole was written down by a pirate.
vPeVD TIL a British drinking song, called "Anacreon in Heaven" was originally written for a 18th century Masonic club. The tune was later lifted by Francis Scott Key and merged with the poem "Defense of Fort McHenry" to become "The Star Spangled Banner", the national anthem of the United States.
PYbBE TIL A three-sided skyscraper in the heart of Mexico City rises 246 metres, making it the tallest tower in the sprawling metropolis. It is organised into 14 four-storey clusters, conceived as "buildings within a building". Each cluster has its own interior garden