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TIL the fear of palindromes is called aibohphobia.

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x6mv7 TIL: The founder of Aldi's the grocery chain was kidnapped in 1971 and held for ransom of ~$2 million USD. Upon release the founder (unsuccessfully) tried to claim the ransom payment as a tax deductible business expense in court.
M7G4m TIL that rural Americans used barbed wire to connect their telephones to switchboards since there were no telephone lines.
Lkror TIL that on Halloween in Alaska Moose living near inhabited areas, such as Anchorage, feast on jack-o-lanterns in peoples front yards. State regulations prohibit the feeding of certain animals, including Moose, so if one is seen by enforcement agents snacking in your yard, you will receive a fine.
R548j TIL of the antimony pill, aka the everlasting pill, used in the 18th and early 19th century for stomach relief. It was reusable after pooping it out, making it very cost effective. Entire families used the same pill, which some times went through multiple generations
b998a TIL of a woman named Mary Grams, who lost her engagement ring. Sixteen years later, she was pulling carrots in her garden when she found her carrot growing through her ring. This is also the second time a person has found a carrot growing through a lost ring, the first in 2016.