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TIL just about every product we buy and use has been gobbled up by one of about 10 megacorporations

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kKWg TIL that in the event of a nuclear blast, you should not use conditioner because it will bind radioactive material to your hair.
G5pJ TIL after a Federal Reserve interest rate decision in 2013, trades were registered in the Chicago stock market within 2 milliseconds of the announcement. These trades were later found to be insider trading, as this information would take 7 milliseconds to reach Chicago at the speed of light.
nWLjd Today I learned Berry Gordy, founder of Mo Town Records, is a blood-related distant cousin of President Jimmy Carter as a consequence of slavery.
5V5Y8 TIL muhammad ali had an IQ of 78 , he later wrote in his autobiography "i said i was the greatest , not the smartest"
oDjR TIL a truck driver passed out, crashed, and died after breathing in toxic fumes created by a cargo of decomposing sea lettuce