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TIL that “Eye of Newt” is not an actual eye, but an archaic name for mustard seed!

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Pd7g TIL that before the Washington Monument was completed, the tallest structure in the US was the 234 foot tall Phoenix Shot Tower, where molten lead was dropped from a platform at the top of the tower through a sieve into a vat of cold water at the bottom, forming perfect spheres of shot.
xVy95 TIL that John Harvey Kellogg, the creator of Kellogg's cereal, thought that foods high in flavour caused sexual activity in children so he created flavourless, grain-based cereals to discourage them.
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1bWO TIL that WinCo, a grocery store in the western U.S. not only undercuts Walmart on prices, but is employee owned, offers health benefits, and a pension plan for their employees.
BWmb TIL the Bermuda Triangle has as many disappearances as any other place in the ocean of a similar size and many of the mysteries attributed to it happened outside of the triangle.