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TIL that Kellogg’s corn flakes were actually created to help control sexual urges

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VBMDm TIL the Marshall Islands is the only sovereign nation not to have had a national soccer team.
aGyJ TIL Google wants to stop people using the term “Google” as a verb meaning to search something up with an internet search engine. They believe that due to brand recognition, Google will become a generic term, and hence cost them the legal right to a trademark.
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