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TIL Banana peels are edible (and good for you!)

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neZ6r TIL that in 2009, a Latvian company offered short-term loans of up to $500, with the clients signing their immortal soul as collateral. The company said they wouldn't employ debt collectors to get its money back: "If they don’t give it back, what can you do? They won’t have a soul, that’s all"
loO65 TIL heiress Ann Cooper Hewitt sued her mother and two surgeons in the 1930s for sterilising her during an appendectomy after declaring her a "moron", so that her mother could claim her inheritance if she died childless. She lost.
VMLmZ TIL That scientists raised fish to live on land to see how their bodies changed
b67da TIL Doodling has been shown to improve memory. The probable cause is that doodling fights the need to daydream and allows focus. Doodles may also create a visual which can aid in sifting through information.
OkAg TIL that the band D12 planned to find the 12 best rappers of Detroit but found only 6, so they created alter-egos in order to have 12. That’s when Eminem came up with Slim Shady