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TIL George Washington Never Had Wooden Teeth

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gM7ML TIL as a result of increased popularity of crack cocaine, the number of cocaine-related hospital emergencies in the USA increased 110% in 1986.
5Wkn TIL that Festivus is a real parody holiday invented by a man in the 1960’s and celebrated by his family. His son went on to become a screenwriter for Seinfeld and incorporated it into the script, popularizing the holiday.
epPlL TIL that copra, dried coconut meat which contains concentrated coconut oil, is banned from flights in India due to the risk of spontaneous combustion.
xEKD TIL a Russian man, mad with an unsolicited credit card offer, scanned, edited, printed, and sent it back. The bank approved 0% interest, no fees, unlimited credit, and paying $182,000 for cancelling his account. They sued him years later, he won, and he’s counter-suing them for closing his account.
jNRyj TIL Between 1985 and 1998, a water ride attraction at West Edmonton Shopping Mall had more submarines than the entire Canadian Navy