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TIL Graham crackers were invented to help curb masterbation

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NXvE1 TIL because of the 1994 Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act, dietary supplements in the US don't need to be approved for safety, don't need to disclose side effects, and don't even need to contain listed ingredients
a8jn9 TIL that bowling balls used to be made with asbestos in an effort to dispose of by-product waste from brake pad manufacture.
p84D8 TIL that 39.5 percent of Japanese adults slept less than six hours a night making naps in public a social norm even to the point that napping during work is often seen as a subtle sign of diligence: You must be working yourself to exhaustion.
R7vl7 TIL that American long-distance open-water swimmer Lynne Cox is known for being the first person to swim the 2.5 miles between the United States and the Soviet Union, via the Bering Strait. She was jointly congratulated by Mikhail Gorbachev and Ronald Reagan.
jJ7Q TIL that aerial dogfights used to be pilots shooting at each other with pistols and throwing bricks