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TIL on Black Friday 2013, Cards Against Humanity had an “Anti-Sale” with increased prices, and still had a sales spike and maintained its best-selling status on Amazon.

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R7vZj TIL that a loofah sponge is actually a type of cucumber and not from the ocean.
pvwp TIL Service dogs are trained to know when they are on duty. When their harness is on, they know they are at work. When you take it off they instantly become playful and energetic.
womvo TIL Drizzle is actually a distinct form of precipitation from rain, consisting of liquid water drops smaller than those of rain – generally smaller than 0.5 mm (0.02 in) in diameter.
aM5b TIL One of the worst nuclear disasters involved 112,000 Brazilians being inspected after a piece of radiotherapy equipment was stolen. One man wanted to make his wife a ring from the glowing blue powder. She died.
Y1wr TIL Teddy Roosevelt Jr (son of President Theodore Roosevelt) was the oldest man to invade the beaches of Normandy, the only man to invade Normandy with his son (Cpt. Quentin Roosevelt II on Omaha Beach), and he was the only general to lead his troops (on Omaha beach with only a cane and a pistol)