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TIL the Japan Times ran an article in 2010 predicting (seemingly accurately) the rise in popularity of thick thighs

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689Y TIL there is an anti-date rape cup and straw. They detect date rape drugs when placed in a beverage to alert the victim.
5VVnr TIL that in Australia's worst aircraft crash no Australians died. In 1943 the crash of a USAAF B17 Flying Fortress took the lives of 40 US servicemen leaving only one survivor. No other aviation incident in Australia before or since has cost more lives.
WLlY TIL Julian Lennon had to buy back postcards sent to him by his father because Yoko was auctioning them off after his death
oBOpY TIL Kennedy took "sole responsibility" for the Bay of Pigs Invasion and it's subsequent failure.
j6OoR TIL that it is possible to install tires backwards. They're called directional tires.