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TIL the FDA requires sunscreen to remain as effective for three years after it's manufacture

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loELa TIL that researchers found fossils of a "Mega Penguin" that stood over 6ft tall and weighed in at over 250lbs.
G5w4 TIL that Lumber Liquidators illegally imports wood harvested from Siberian Tiger habitat via China.
XE9RD TIL that people with a stutter can often sing without difficulty. Blues artists B.B. King and John Lee Hooker, despite having significant stuttering problems as children, both sang without a stutter. Hooker even wrote a song about his experiences called "Stuttering Blues."
v1Kpr TIL There are 2 missing nuclear bombs that fell into the Atlantic Ocean on July 28, 1957 and are roughly 100 miles away from Atlantic City, NJ.
KOxla TIL Ninepin bowling (with the pins arranged in a diamond pattern) was outlawed in Connecticut and New York during the early 1800s because it was associated with heavy gambling. This led to the addition of a tenth pin (arranged in the now-common triangular pattern) to circumvent the law.