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TIL that Boston Corbett, the man who killed John Wilkes Booth, was a fervent Christian who castrated himself in order to avoid the temptation of prostitutes

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1XAD TIL on April 8th, 1999, major US food companies met to discuss the impact of their products on people’s health. A proactive strategy was rejected, as they concluded that reducing salt, sugar and fat for the purpose of public health had the potential to decrease palatability and profitability.
P1Z9O TIL: Fish VS Fishes. Fish is used for plural fish of same species. Fishes is plural for multiple fish of different species.
PJgn TIL that in 1994 a Boy Scout named David Hahn attempted to make a neutron “gun,” and dangerously irradiated himself and his neighborhood in the process until his arrest.
oRmyA TIL that Loftwings in LoZ Skyward Sword are based on Shoebills
pyZG TIL chocolate milk was invented by Jamaicans, then popularized in Europe by an Irish botanist who sold it as medicine