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TIL that during the Great Depression, companies would print colorful patterns onto flour sacks so that women can make dresses out of them

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KOP9R TIL during production of Blazing Saddles, retired actress Hedy Lamarr sued Warner Bros. for $100,000 because of a character named Hedley Lamarr. The lawsuit is referenced in the film by Mel Brooks' character, who says, "This is 1874; you'll be able to sue HER."
woLxE TIL that during the Falklands War, the British Royal Navy killed 3 whales with torpedoes and depth charges after mistaking them for Argentinian submarines
wo5A7 TIL that the chemist Alexander Shulgin invented over 200 psychedelic drugs , self-administered them and wrote a book the experience he had with each of them
6VOw TIL That in the United States it is illegal to transport Pornographic Materials over state lines. And is punishable by fine or imprisonment up to five years.
oBn0R TIL a Dutch man named Jan de Doot, in 1651, removed his own bladder stone with a kitchen knife. He pulled it out through an incision he made in his perineum. It was the size of an egg and weighed a quarter of a pound. He lived for years after, and had the stone plated in gold.