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TIL of Jerimoth Hill, an 812 foot gentle slope, which was one of the hardest highpoints to reach in the US, because of an angry elderly man who would threaten those who entered his driveway which intersected the path to reach the summit

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aKky TIL that a manufacturing defect saved a mobster’s life. A car bomb detonated under Frank “Lefty” Rosenthal’s 1981 Cadillac Eldorado, but GM installed a metal plate under the driver’s seat in that model to correct its balance, protecting him from the explosion. (‘Casino’ (1995) depicts the bombing.)
475b TIL the South Pacific island of Vanuatu banned the imports of western junk food as a way to combat future health problems.
jNm5p TIL Jay Leno has Pathologic Mandibular Prognathism, a disfiguring genetic disorder where the lower jaw outgrows the upper, resulting in an extended chin and a cross bite. He is aware of surgery that could reset his mandible, but does not wish to endure a prolonged healing period.
rNYX0 TIL neurofeedback, a technique teaching control of one’s brain activity, is still controversial due to inconsistent results, even in double blinded studies, despite it being around for decades. All these didn’t stop private neurofeedback clinics from selling this treatment to patients.
NX7Ge TIL - Until 2013 Pizza Hut was the largest purchaser of Kale in the US - they used it to decorate the salad bar