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TIL: Cheese is one of the most shoplifted items from supermarkets

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g1P7 TIL that the first civilzation (Sumerians) performed math in units of 60, which is why we measure time in 60 second/minute intervals.
rROpx TIL Walter Jackson Freeman II, creator of the "icepick" lobotomy, performed as many as 4,000 surgeries in 23 states despite the fact that he had no formal surgical training. Up to 40% of Freeman's patients were gay individuals subjected to a lobotomy in order to change their homosexual orientation.
160MV TIL that in 1965, Ford disassembled a Mustang and transported it in four parts to the top of the Empire State Building for publicity. The car was reassembled on the building’s observation deck, showcasing Ford’s knack for innovative marketing.
78pJO TIL Dictator Manuel Noriega was allowed by the CIA to traffic cocaine into the US from the 1960s-1980s, until he stopped cooperating with US foreign policy directives. A subsequent US invasion of Panama resulted and he was sentenced to prison.
lopOK TIL in 2001 there was a You Don't Know Jack TV Show on ABC hosted by Paul Reubens. The show only lasted 6 episodes.