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TIL - Pepsi made a biodegradable chip bag that was so loud people complained until it was no longer used. This chip bag ranked in at 95dB (about as loud as a subway train)

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l7jDA TIL after the 1838 Mormon War, a clash between Mormons & a unit of the state militia, Missouri Governor signed an executive order calling for Mormons to be "exterminated" or "driven from the state". Although no evidence exists of any Mormons being killed from this order, 15,000 fled to Illinois
yVkev TIL that Skandar Keynes, who played Edmund in The Chronicles of Narnia, is the great-great-great grandson of Charles Darwin.
XEKPP TIL that In 1977, the power went out in New York City for about 25 hours, resulting in more than 1,000 fires being set and over 1,500 stores being looted
loaJ1 Today I learned I have trypophobia. It turns out it's very common. I always just thought I was weird.
dDeOB TIL Napoleon Bonaparte suffered from severe gastrointestinal issues. Which is why in the portraits he is holding his stomach .