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TIL there is a Chinese book so deep and intricate that there is an entire field of study devoted to studying it

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vyAB TIL Pornstar Stoya does not use contraception due to allergies and has had 3 abortions while working in the industry
Egbnp TIL after a brutal Union defeat at the Civil War Battle of Olustee in 1864, a train carrying wounded soldiers broke down during the retreat. With no working locomotive, exhausted troops and a few horses had to pull the train 13 miles over 2 days to escape a Confederate pursuit.
PVXw TIL the actor who played Sloth in The Goonies was selected first overall in 1973 NFL draft and went on to win two Super Bowls with the Oakland Raiders
XvdE TIL of DI-X, a drug intended for Nazi soldiers that allowed test subjects to march up to 55 miles before collapsing.
j4kp TIL that Mark Haub, a professor at Kansas State University, went on a “convenience store” diet which mainly consisted of Twinkies, Oreos, and Doritos to demonstrate that counting calories is what matters most in weight loss, not the nutritional value in food. He lost 27 pounds in only two months.