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TIL that bad breath wasn’t considered a real problem until Listerine, who said their mouthwash cured “Halitosis” — a non-medical term.

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ggMy TIL that the Venus Fly Trap is only native to one area in the world: Wilmington, North Carolina.
EbbX TIL shortly after Mark Zuckerberg launched Facebook from his dorm room, he offered a friend “emails, pictures, addresses, SNS” of 4,000 Harvard users, calling them “dumb fucks” for trusting him with their data
kJOX5 TIL Hitler frequently used crystal meth
nWvKB TIL that in 1990, the Eastern Orthodox & Oriental Orthodox Churches concluded that their 1539 year schism (over whether Jesus had two natures joined perfectly in one incarnate union or one incarnate nature consisting of joined natures) was due to terminology confusion rather than theology
rRvn4 TIL out of all the countries that were required to pay reparations from World War II, Finland is the only one known to have paid its bill in full when it sent $300 million to the Soviet Union in 1952.