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TIL Dick Van Dyke got his first TV job as a game show host for the original The Price Is Right in 1956

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DQ5pJ TIL Potatoes 'permanently reduced conflict' in Europe for about 200 years
N951 TIL the Church of Euthanasia is an (and the only) anti-human religion, going so far as to bear the slogan “Save the Planet, Kill Yourself”
gEyb TIL Lord Byron was not allowed to keep his pet dog while he was at Trinity College. He kept a pet bear instead as there were no rules against having one.
wBjP TIL that asthma inhalers containing ozone damaging CFCs were banned in 2008 in spite of their small environmental impact. Drug companies have greatly benefited from the ban because they can change more for HFA inhalers that are still patented. The drug has not changed, only the delivery mechanism.
oBjEA TIL Mice are not simply female rats. They are different animals entirely