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TIL a banana is a berry

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loOdB TIL A man once sued a dry cleaner’s for $67M over a late return of a pair of pants. He reduced it to $45 million in court. The case was thrown out multiple times, the man lost his job as he was a judge himself, and the dry cleaners was forced to close their shop due to court costs.
O8J1 TIL Gillette and Schick own Duracell and Energizer and created powered safety razors to increase battery sales. Claims of a better shave were labeled “unsubstantiated and inaccurate” by American courts.
R7ee6 TIL that research is being done on psychedelics to alleviate cluster headache symptoms. Cluster headaches are an extremely debilitating and painful neurovascular disorder that many are unable to find relief for. By isolating parts of the substance, they can also remove the hallucinogenic effects.
Yp0RB TIL the stereotype about lesbians driving Subarus was actually started BY Subaru which essentially saved the company in the 90s.
yVVlV TIL Oldest known Homo Sapiens is over 233,000 years old, 30,000+ years more than we thought