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TIL the state of Delaware has twice as many corporations as people.

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6E1vZ TIL in 1972 eight people at a party snorted what they thought was cocaine, but was actually pure LSD, averaging about 50,000 doses per person. All but one became comatose, but made full recoveries in the hospital 12 hours later, with no apparent physical or psychological after effects.
Mlg0 TIL John Willard Young was set to be the next president of the LDS church in 1900 due to tenure.The other leaders disliked him, so they immediately changed the 70 year old policy of the church to exclude him being appointed.
ADLgo TIL of Huberta, a South-African hippopotamus who set off in 1928 on 1600km journey over three years where she attracted crowds, became revered and was eventually declared royal game.
woZp6 TIL Hewlett-Packard shipped USB keys to customers which contained malware that could allow an attacker to take over their system
4XVM6 Til Joseph Stalin and Mao Zedong despised each other. Soviet agents claim Stalin had ordered Mao to be fed well during his 10 days visit Moscow. Maos excrement was collected daily for test. Scientists wanted to determine the state of mind of the Chinese leader by examining excrement