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TIL the founder of Norton Antivirus purchased, at an auction, love letters written by the reclusive author of The Catcher in the Rye and returned the letters to the Author out of respect for his privacy.

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Y7OXB TIL: Eating too many Sour Skittles in one sitting (or any sour candy) can make your tongue shed a layer of skin
D9yg TIL There is a robust relationship between increased enjoyment of bitter foods, like black coffee, and heightened sadistic proclivities.
Oo5jX TIL Regulatory capture is a form of government failure where those bodies regulating industries become sympathetic to the businesses they are supposed to be regulating. Regulatory capture can mean monopolies can continue to charge high prices.
d86G8 TIL Dr. John R Brinkley successfully scammed the American public into believing he could transplant goat testicles into the scrotum of infertile men in order for them to conceive.
VNPm TIL the military has a 26-page manual for baking brownies.