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TIL licorice candy can cause erectile dysfunction, among other health issues

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PGxL TIL that the creator of Legos made a policy of no military sets because he didn’t want war to seem like child’s play.
4XE4g TIL in 1933, US Steel, Remington Arms, J.P. Morgan, and Standard Oil joined the DuPont family in an attempt to overthrow FDR with a fascist military coup called the "Business Plot"
JYO6v TIL a 20 year old committed suicide and froze to death from hypothermia, with a body temperature dropping as low as 19C. He was subsequently revived several hours later after an hour and a half of CPR and various complex operations. He survived and has since recovered with no major disabilities.
8NZL TIL: Seven people across the world will hold a keycard which when put together will reboot the key part of the World Wide Web should a security breach, natural disaster or terrorist attack disable it.
wo5dW TIL that squirrels were once considered among the top causes for power outages across the US