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TIL It was “Flavor Aid,” not “Kool-Aid” that poisoned the suicidal members of the Jonestown Massacre, an incident which gave us the phrase “don’t drink the Kool-Aid.”

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QJYl9 TIL Boric acid (AKA Borax) was added to expired milk to feed babies in the Victorian Era. It was believed to "purify" the milk and rid it of its sour taste and smell. The boric acid fed on the bovine TB in the milk, effectively giving babies tuberculosis.
wL0x6 TIL: It would take more than two years to watch all episodes of the guiding light.
gr6eX TIL about the PL-12 Airtruk. The world's ugliest airplane.
9YnAp TIL Former US President George HW Bush was once head of the CIA
97Nr TIL in 1978, then-NBA center Clifford Ray saved a dolphin’s life by using his 45 inch reach to grab a screw the dolphin had swallowed. He received instruction over the phone from a veterinarian, who told him how to reach up and into the dolphin’s second stomach to extract the screw.