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

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KO4vR TIL when New Zealand crowd-sourced ideas for a new national flag, one of the most infamous designs was "Fire the Lazer", a flag with a silver fern and a kiwi shooting a laser out of its eyes.
x6yKo TIL the largest island in Denmark is Zealand but it's not related to New Zealand (which was named for Zeeland in the Netherlands).
P1Xxn TIL that the first Hollywood feature-film chosen for release using the newly invented DVD technology was Twister (1996).
b6paa TIL: In April 1985, UC Santa Cruz students held a vote to determine whether the Student Health Center should stock cyanide pills for mass suicide after a nuclear attack.
AmGo TIL that Manson’s “The Pale Emperor” CD is printed with thermographic ink so it’s all black before it’s played and is totally white by the time it finishes playing.