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TIL about Boarding School Syndrome - a proposed group of psychological issues experienced by children who had attended boarding school from a young age which include abandonment issues, difficulty maintaining relationships, depression, substance abuse, anxiety and anger management issues.

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npyr TIL that during the time Jack Johnson (the first black world champion heavyweight boxer) was incarcerated in Leavenworth, he modified a wrench for tightening loosened fastening devices and received a patent for his improvements on April 18, 1922, known as US Patent 1,413,121.
nkJW TIL, Al Capone was responsible for expiration dates on milk jugs.
5YjGk TIL Teflon was introduced by DuPont in nonstick cookware in 1946 and was the very “forever chemical.” These types of chemicals are linked to many diseases, never break down in the environment, and are now present in the blood of nearly every American adult and newborn baby.
VmmD TIL A Milwaukee man in prison for a fatal shooting, broke out, took on the identity of a dead child and became a successful business man. It all unraveled 33 years later when his wife came across a Facebook post mentioning the dead child.
RmVw TIL Most authors in the Golden Age of Detective Fiction (1920-39) agreed to a set of “Ten Commandments,” which banned lame plot devices like secret twin brothers and hidden passageways.