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TIL coloured toilet paper used to be really popular back in the 70’s, especially matching it to your bathroom decor. Doctors warnings and possible damage to the environment affected sales so badly companies stopped making it.

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dDRy9 TIL In addition to being blind, Stevie Wonder temporarily lost his sense of smell and taste after a car crash in 1973
NXdW6 TIL That Nascar racers lose 5-10 pounds of sweat during a race
5ljp TIL that there was an attempt to assassinate George W. Bush on the morning on 9/11. His assassins were turned away because they didn’t have an appointment to meet with him.
JRg1 TIL the USS Pueblo crewmen stuck up their middle finger in photos when they were captured in North Korea. They said it was a “Hawaiian Good Luck sign”. Then the TIME magazine ran a photo and wrote the real explanation. The next day the Koreans found out what it meant, and the crewmen were tortured.
eRG5 TIL that in some countries (such as Zimbabwe) it is commonly believed that sex with an albinistic woman cures HIV. This has led to rapes and subsequent spread of HIV.