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TIL a donut shop in Portland, Oregon was told by the FDA to stop adding medicine to food because it included Nyquil and Pepto Bismol to its donuts.

8arZP TIL that the Leviathan of Parsonstown (aka. Rosse six-foot telescope) was the biggest telescope in the world until 1917 when the Hooker Telescope was constructed, he was built by William Parsons in County Offaly, Ireland and you can visit a reconstructed version of the telescope today
69WJ7 TIL anyone in the world, any age, can receive a personalized letter from Santa Claus in Canada for free if they write him and mail the letter to: Santa Claus, North Pole, H0H 0H0, Canada. Schools classrooms can get a poster sized letter with all students name on it too.
0wexp TIL That Chess was believed to have been invented in the 6th century AD and is thought to have originated in India, originally called Chaturanga which then spread to Europe through Persia.
XEemE TIL that Trent Reznor felt his song "A Warm Place" was too good to be his own work. After the song had been released, he was horrified to discover that he had indeed copied the melody from a piece by David Bowie called "Crystal Japan", written for a Japanese gin advert. Bowie found this hilarious.
neEyo TIL Harvard Business School's Ruth Mulan Chu Chao Center is the first named for a woman and Asian American. At eight, she journeyed alone back to her birthplace to reclaim the family's hidden gold. Sewing it into her garments and passing undetected by Japanese forces, she returned safely