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TIL that Moscow is a state of mind

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W8pA TIL that after four years of eating Cap'n Crunch with Crunchberries, a woman sued the distributor of Cap'n Crunch because she discovered that she was eating brightly-colored cereal balls, and that “Crunchberries” aren’t a real fruit like she had thought.
n5MB TIL figs aren’t always considered vegetarian. This is because when a wasp pollinates them, the fig’s inward facing flowers often trap the wasp and absorb her into the fig.
KLZR TIL Fritz Haber helped feed the world, but he also developed the first chemical weapon used in warfare. He is often referred to as “father of chemical warfare.” Haber may have saved more lives than anyone else in history, but he did so accidentally while trying to formulate new ways to kill people.
pKmZ TIL in the early 1900s Wagner von Jauregg treated syphilis patients with malaria (winning the Nobel Prize). The patients developed malaria, causing a severe fever and killed the syphilis bacteria. Then given the malaria drug quinine and cured. This was used until the development of penicillin
d8NKd TIL of the Restaurant of Mistaken Orders where all of the wait staff are living with dementia. They may get your orders wrong but the restaurant promotes a sense of openness and understanding.