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TIL that Fans of Mass Effect trolled Bioware by sending them 400 cupcakes with the message "The cakes are vanilla, and so is all the icing... no matter what choice you make, it'll all have the same generic flavor."

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rRyQ1 TIL Atala is the first realm of the underworld in Hinduism. When a man enters Atala, women serve him an intoxicating cannabis drink that induces sexual energy. Then, these women enjoy sexual play with the traveller, who feels 'stronger than ten thousand elephants and forgets impending death'.
wRdY TIL in 2010 the Walt Disney Company nearly sold the ABC network, the sale was cancelled because of an FBI investigation into insider trading
rNkWw TIL Jalapeños from major US agriculture companies have been intentionally bred to be less spicy because their largest buyers (other food manufacturers) prefer them as mild as possible so they can add capsaicin extract and have direct control over the spice level.
R7OQ6 TIL a Hungarian team mounted mig fighter jet engines on a Russian T-34 tank and used the beast to snuff out oil fires like a candle
amOA TIL Winston Churchill’s last words were “I’m so bored with it all.”