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TIL Anne Frank wrote about the changes her body was going through in her diary, but her dad edited those parts out of the published manuscript.

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V8Kk TIL that unfrosted Pop-tarts have more calories than frosted Pop-tarts
6EW1w TIL Disney owns 35 of the 40 college football bowl games.
rRKWy TIL "Pall Mall" cigarettes are named after Pall Mall street in London, which is named for the game Pall Mall played on that street, which is named after the French game of "Jeu de mail", which is named after the Italian game of "pallamaglio", which means "ball mallet".
mo5p TIL caffeine has a half life of ~6 hours, meaning a 140mg cup of coffee consumed in the morning will still have about 70mg in you mid-day
j9xN TIL Professor Geoff Raisman spent 60 years of his life trying to find a cure for paralysis. He was fired twice but 9 months ago he helped paralysed Darek Fidyka walk again and believes his team’s work, and this breakthrough, will help many paralyzed people walk again in the near future.