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TIL the first workday of every year is called "Divorce Monday", because it's the day when more people file petitions for divorce and send their first communication with a divorce lawyer than any other day of the year.

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xVY65 TIL Consumer Reports was blacklisted by McCarthy from 1945-1954 as a Communist organization for reporting on serious life-threatening product flaws and advocating for fair treatment of workers
mJEp TIL the Kool-Aid Man has gone back to not wearing pants
R7JXw TIL: “Obetrol” was FDA-approved January 19, 1960 marketed as a diet pill, prescribed in 10 and 20mg formulations. In 1979, amphetamines were banned for weight loss, and Obetrol was withdrawn... then it was reintroduced in the 1990’s as Adderall for ADHD.
1QGX TIL a former president of Vietnam fled to America and ran a liquor store
m1d0Y TIL about the Egg fried rice protests by Chinese internet users against the government, occurring yearly around October 24, the birthday of Mao Anying, son of Mao Zedong, or around November 25, the date of his death.