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TIL 'Angel' by Sarah McLachlan (the song famously used for the ASPCA animal cruelty PSA's) is actually about the fatal overdose of Smashing Pumpkins keyboardist Jonathan Melvoin.

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gMJJ4 TIL 3M invented the chemical PFOS back in 1950, used it in many products such as Teflon, Scotchgard, food warppers, etc., but it is now deemed to be toxic and the substance is now found in blood of animals everywhere from polar bears to dolphins to eagles.
4ZZa TIL In the mid 1990’s 20th Century Fox brought legal action against Lion Nathan’s for producing Duff Beer. The product was ordered to be pulled from store shelves and destroyed. The beer became a collectors’ item in the process, with one case selling for US$13,000
QJrgX TIL- 7-up originally contained Lithium
Zaea TIL a jail in Brazil allows its inmates to pedal exercise bikes to power lights in a nearby town in exchange for reduced sentences
rRQx0 TIL Sean Connery's 2000 movie "Finding Forrester" inspired the creation of YTMND, after its creator saw a trailer for the movie, in which Sean Connery says the line "You're the man now, dog!"