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TIL a Girl Scout began selling cookies outside a cannabis dispensary in Canada and sold out with in 6 hours, her sales totaling more than 300 boxes.

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x6lk1 TIL that in the 16th-19th centuries there were dog-powered rotisseries, turned by a breed of dogs called turnspit dogs that resembled corgis.
ADQ9B TIL Jack was a baboon purchased by a railway signalman who lost his legs in an accident. The Baboon began to operate the railway, and was eventually given a job and salary. In 9 years of employment, he never made a mistake.
ne8nB TIL there’s a laser procedure being developed that safely breaks up brown eye pigment (melanin) in the iris. Effectively changing one's eye color from brown to blue, since blue eyes exist under all brown eyes.
woOX6 TIL of the "Festival of the Steel Phallus" is an annual Japanese festival with a phallus as the central theme of the event and is reflected in illustrations, candy, carved vegetables, decorations, and a parade.
jNEN TIL the Governor of New York wrote an article in 1919 warning of a “holocaust” against “six million” Jews in Europe [resubmission because TIL mods took down last one that reached the front-page because they said it was not verifiable. Article now contains JewishVirtualLibrary citation]