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TIL that the town from the movie "Erin Brockovich" is still struggling from the same conditions that led to the original lawsuit.

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R5l0j TIL that Pan Am were booking flights to the moon, between 1969 & 1971, they processed around 93,000 reservation tickets for free. They stopped taking reservations because of the admit costs but maintained well into the 1980's that the tickets would be honoured, if and when flights were possible.
b6yD7 TIL in 1998 Lay's introduced fat free "WOW" chips containing a fat substitute called "Olestra." They were incredibly popular with $400 million in sales their first year. The following year sales dropped in half as Olestra caused side effects like "abdominal cramping, diarrhea, and "anal leakage"
1Og8 TIL that a study revealed that 20% of worker ants in colonies contribute nothing and are considered “Lazy Ants”.
J1NA4 TIL that Antarctica is a desert
AvBo TIL the inventor of the bitcoin system is of unknown identity. He has never revealed his real name and no one has ever seen him. As of 2017, he owns $2 billion USD in bitcoin.