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TIL That Quaker Oats once experimented radioactive materials on mentally challenged children

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wm11 TIL That some gifted children suffer from depression because they’ve already realized death is inevitable and life is meaningless.
GKrG TIL Clint Eastwood is a lifelong jazz enthusiast, pianist, and scored several films, including Million Dollar Baby
4k676 TIL that when Pope Benedict XVI announced his resignation, journalist Giovanna Chirri was the first to break the news as she was the only one to understand Latin. She recalls: "He said it in Latin and I was panicking. I was short of breath, my legs were trembling, it was a reaction to shock."
5VQrQ TIL the title of the song in the beginning of Shrek (2001) is "All Star", not "Somebody Once Told Me".
E1N7W TIL when Mr. Potato Head was first introduced, parents were expected to supply their own potato. Federal regulations made the pieces less sharp, so Hasbro was forced to include a plastic potato with pre-made holes.