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TIL in 2015, Whole Foods tried to sell Asparagus Water for $6 (literally three stalks of asparagus in a bottle of water). Twitter users made fun of the company for selling such a ridiculously pricey item. The company's CEO then issued an apology and pulled off the product from the shelves.

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9YY7 TIL that Mr. Simmons from Hey Arnold was gay.
xV6r5 TIL that in early August 2017, a people smuggler off the coast of Yemen deliberately drowned at least 29 teenage migrants. The average age of the migrants was 16.
9w6XG TIL that the singer of the 90s alternative rock band Presidents of the United States of America is now a children's singer named Caspar Babypants
ZpvEB TIL there is an alligator at Gatorland in FL missing half its top jaw. After rehab they named her Jawlene as a nod to Dolly Parton and she is thriving!
ay6Z TIL influential sci-fi writer William Gibson once wrote a 4500-word article on Singapore titled ‘Disneyland with the Death Penalty’ for Wired. The magazine was banned in the city-state after the issue’s release.