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TIL people in the 19th century regularly died from eating ice cream due to a lack of food safety standards and contamination. Despite this, it was still a popular dessert

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rZZy TIL that wearing a head guard in boxing and other combat sports is unsafe and is slowly being phased out.
bR0a TIL The oldest running company still in operation today is a hotel in Japan named Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan, which was created in 705AD.
VMXOD TIL that drug dealers are legally required to pay a "drug tax" on their illegal contraband by buying a Drug Tax Stamp from the Department of Revenue
KOLow TIL that the standard maps we see of the world are not an actual accurate ratio depiction and that everything away from the equator is exaggerated in size. It's known as the Mercator Projection and is still the standard used for nautical navigation.
x65aD TIL the USA hasn't had a single fatal commercial airline crash since 2009!