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TIL that Heinrich Himmler had been negotiating with the Allies behind Hitler's back beginning at least as early as 1939

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R5wD8 TIL Candy corn was called "Chicken feed" when it was first produced in the late 1880s. The Goelitz Confectionery Company, who bought the manufacturing rights in 1898, alluded to the old name with the advertising slogan "Something worth crowning for".
l7v5a TIL: 'Boneless Wings' are not chicken wing meat, they are generally just coated pieces of chicken breast, similar to a Chicken Nugget or Tender
kJ0b1 TIL the annual probability of an obese person attaining normal weight was 1 in 210 for men and 1 in 124 for women, increasing to 1 in 1290 for men and 1 in 677 for women with morbid obesity.
PNJZ TIL 77% of low income Americans reported they would rather have more consistent income than make more money
x6vxg TIL about psychedelic cryptography - messages that only people under the influence of psychedelics can understand.