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TIL In December 2005, a doctor in England published research suggesting that girls often go through a stage where they hate their Barbie dolls and subject them to a range of punishments, including decapitation and placing the doll in a microwave oven.

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n5ZP TIL: woman who had won a lottery, filed for divorce in hurry and at the end lost all of her lottery money to her ex husband as a result of violating disclosure laws (he sued her after he learned about the money)
4YR6 TIL a man died after he accidentally injected himself with cow antibiotics. Poison Control: “there is no antidote”.
YkEP TIL PETA kills over 95 % of the animals they “save” & they dont believe companion animals have a right to life. They also support breed bans and want to destroy pitbulls and feral cats :(
KO8m4 TIL that Stanley Kubrick considered 1992's comedy "White Men Can't Jump" to be one of his favorite movies.
OKrY TIL Washing dishes by hand uses almost 7 times the amount of water as a modern dishwasher (103L vs. 15L for a full load). Also, it takes an average of 15 minutes to load and unload a dishwasher vs. 82 minutes to hand wash and dry a full load. Half the overall energy use too for using a dishwasher.