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TIL the inventor of chocolate chip cookies sold the idea to Nestle in return for a lifetime supply of chocolate.

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wLrvP TIL that Iceberg B-15 was the world's largest recorded iceberg. It measured around 295 kilometres (183 mi) long and 37 kilometres (23 mi) wide, with a surface area of 11,000 square kilometres (4,200 sq mi)—larger than the whole island of Jamaica.
6VYQ TIL that in Jamaica sex between men is punishable with up to ten years imprisonment. Girl-on-girl action is allowed though.
Mepp7 TIL that America’s highest-ranking Vietnamese-born military officer is the only survivor of a massacre thought to be perpetrated by the Viet Cong member, Bảy Lốp, whose execution was captured in that famous photograph.
Br4wy TIL Nim Chimpsky was a chimpanzee raised like a human child by a surrogate family as part of a controversial project on animal language acquisition. During his lifetime, Nim learned over 125 signs, including "stone smoke time now" which Nim used when he wanted to smoke marijuana.
R5anQ TIL that a groom from Canada rescued a drowning boy from water during wedding photo shoot