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TIL all the penicillin in the world comes from a single moldy cantaloupe in Illinois

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jNkbj TIL Walt Disney almost died during the 1918 influenza pandemic. He became so sick he was released from the Army to go home so his parents could take care of him.
JYlN4 TIL that in spite of Henry Fords mandate in 1909 that, "Any customer can have a car painted any color that he wants so long as it is black.", this was not implemented until 1914. Until then, they were only available in grey, green, blue, and red.
G9rg TIL Chunk from the Goonies is now a Lawyer.
xxvb TIL that an unconfirmed nuclear blast in the Indian Ocean, called the Vela Incident, was detected in 1979 and never definitively explained
4MPR TIL that when you sign up for the CVS rewards program you are agreeing to wave your HIPAA rights, and CVS can then disclose your medical information to others