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TIL that Einstein did not really fail math; instead, he excelled, mastering differential and integral calculus by the age of 15.

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xVl91 TIL of the Peanut Butter Hearings of 1959, which took place after the FDA revealed that leading peanut butter products only contained 75% peanuts to cut costs. This enraged the public, who began referring to these products as “peanut-flavored face cream” and standard of at least 90% peanuts was set.
DQ1Vj TIL that five months before the Beatles appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show, George Harrison became the first Beatle to step foot in America when he visited his older sister who was living in Southern Illinois.
Gn1G TIL a man sued the Australian Knitting Mills for his underwear giving him “Itchy Nuts”
yQKBp TIL zookeepers make "bloodcicles" for big cats during the summer
E9NV TIL half of the world’s roundabouts are in France