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TIL, when Keanu Reeves was 16, he had an interesting Halloween costume, in the form of Dolly Parton's 1978 Playboy Bunny. His mother is a costume designer, and she made that outfit for Dolly Parton.

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Mb4B TIL Alexander Fleming warned that misuse of antibiotics could lead to resistant bacteria during his Nobel Prize acceptance speech for discovering Penicillin
6E8Gm TIL The reason Christmas is sometimes abbreviated to "X-mas" is because the "X" comes from the Greek letter Chi, which is the first letter of the Greek word Christós (Χριστός), which became Christ in English. The suffix -mas is from the Latin-derived Old English word for Mass.
pvoA TIL there is a craiglist for millionaires called jameslist
xVxXw TIL that the reason why Olive Oil bottles are so dark is because it's protecting the oil from the light, Which if not dark will degrade the oil.
kOv9E TIL of the Vioxx scandal - a drug produced by Merck & Co, which resulted in the death of approximately 60,000 people. The company allegedly was aware of the side effects, and did not withdraw the drug from the market until FDA caught on. The company exists to this day.