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TIL about the Harvard computer science professor who built a distance learning empire.

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xV980 TIL that during prohibition, the US government intentionally added lethal poison to industrial alcohols, knowing they were used by bootleggers and sold to the public. This federal poisoning program led to over 10,000 deaths.
ne9eo TIL not only there was a 'Rat Pack' and a 'Brat Pack' but there was also a 'Black Pack' that was founded by Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall and featured Robert Townsend, Arsenio Hall, Paul Mooney and Keenen Ivory Wayans. The only white member was Pee-Wee Herman.
8axWG TIL Dark Crystal: The Age of Resistance design supervisor Toby Froud was the baby in the Jim Henson movie, Labyrinth!
4EgX TIL in 2009 ChumbaWamba recorded an EP to be released in the event of Margaret Thatcher’s death.
oRPGY TIL that Black Pepper starts as a green stone fruit and was popularized in the 15th century when the Portuguese explorer Vasco De Gama located it growing on the shores of India