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TIL following the release of Fifty Shades of Grey, rope sales in hardware stores skyrocketed.

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W7oNB TIL of the Community of Christ, a liberal offshoot of the Mormon Church, that has been performing same-sex marriages for ten years.
71AO TIL that women in America began smoking cigarettes in public thanks to Edward Bernays, nephew of Sigmund Freud, who used his uncle’s theories and press release technique to give women this freedom. He was actually employed by a tobacco corporation which needed to sell more.
WBDY TIL that David Hasselhoff starred in his own A&E reality TV show about his efforts to resuscitate his career. The series was canceled after the first night.
yMWl TIL that Ununseptium is the rarest found metal, with 15 atoms ever discovered. (First 2 lines)
e0LOJ TIL Tiffany Haddish’s mother Leola suffered severe brain damage in a car accident that Tiffany’s stepfather caused. He had tampered with the brakes on her mother's car, intending the wreck to kill Haddish, her siblings, and her mother so he could collect on their life insurance policies.