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TIL that the impossible-to-remove-cleanly foil seal on medication bottles was developed because someone poisoned 7 people by adding cyanide to Tylenol bottles in Chicago drug stores in 1982.

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Xvaj TIL that Prince performed a cover of Radiohead’s “Creep” at Coachella, but forced YouTube to remove footage that fans had taken of the performance. YouTube reinstated the videos after Radiohead demanded for them to remain on the site claiming “it’s our song, let people hear it.”
oRMy7 TIL The largest Passover Seder in the world is held annually in Nepal
W77xY TIL that the very first Lego bricks did not lock together.
gMVJ9 TIL Genital Herpes (HSV2) dates back millions of years. Scientists found that early ancestors (Homo Erectus) most likely contracted it from another early hominin (Parathropus Boisei). Probably likely through scavenging ancestral chimp meat.