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TIL a woman sued PepsiCo because she believed the “crunchberries” in Cap'n Crunch cereal were actual fruits. She had eaten the cereal for four years before realizing this.

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mxEDE TIL The last time China held contested elections was in 1913. It ended when Song Jiaoren, a young successful politician who pushed for democracy, was shot that year. Song crafted an election platform that appealed to the bulk of the 10% of the population entitled to vote, or 40 million men
4kBja TIL meth was key to Nazi military strategy, between April - June 1940, the German army received 35,000,000 tablets of meth
kyOB TIL that an Apple laptop stinks. One 2001 iBook model used a glue that, after 12-18 months, may begin to smell like human body odor. It is so strong that repairs are difficult, because the smell makes people nauseous.
99Xm TIL that the ‘stomach in your mouth feeling’ on a roller-coaster is your organs FLOATING inside you
KYbAR TIL that the Oneida cutlery company is descended from a free love commune founded in 1858. Despite not using birth control, the community of 200 had only 12 unplanned births in 20 years.