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TIL that a pharmacist diluted "whatever I could dilute" including chemo drugs... killing maybe 4000 people. He was released last year.

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yQabJ Til: You weren't supposed to eat sushi rolls with chopsticks
dD0MQ TIL that California company, Postum Foods, bought East-Coast brand, Hellman's Mayonnaise, in 1927. As a result of the merger, to present day, both brands were preserved in their respective territories, with Hellman's being sold East of the Rockies and Postum (now Best Foods) sold in the West.
001M TIL Joseph Smith, the founder of Mormonism, “admitted to defrauding citizens by organizing mad gold-digging expeditions and also to claiming to possess dark or ‘necromantic’ power” 4 years before discovering “The Book of Mormon”
8eyPZ TIL during World War I, due to concerns the American public would reject a product with a German name, American sauerkraut (fermented cabbage) makers relabeled their product as "liberty cabbage" for the duration of the war.
rNQoy TIL of the "Summer of the Shark." In the summer of 2001, news outlets in the US began extensive reporting on shark attacks, and didn't stop until the 9-11 attacks. The shark attacks were the 3rd most reported story of the year, despite 2001 seeing fewer attacks than average