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TIL Marijuana was demonized and made illegal in the 30’s thanks to paper lobbies

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e0Qob TIL Tencent owns 9% of Spotify. With the two partnering on Tencent Music in China
EgMYX TIL that Waffles get their name from the same source as Wafers, and modern waffle irons are descended from tools for making communion wafers.
KON5R TIL to just be allowed to try out for the US Olympic team for running the marathon, you have to run a marathon in under 2 hours and 19 minutes. That is the same thing as running 26 miles where each mile is done in around 5 minutes and 18 seconds.
oRkY7 TIL that eighth World Chess Champion Mikhail Tal had three fingers on his right hand
jN0BE TIL that Betty White holds the Guinness World Record for longest TV career by an entertainer, with credits spanning 80 years (1939 to 2019)