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TIL corn flakes were invented to cure masturbation.

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rNWEw TIL in some situations smells can be trademarked in the US
wDY6 TIL that French people name their dog according to the year. An alphabet letter is allotted to each year (except K, Q, W, X, Y, Z); the dog’s name starts with the letter. So, if you know a dog’s name, you know its age.
6VQW TIL David Carradine (Kill Bill) is still appearing in films and TV even though he died in 2009
V8Em TIL Stephen Hawking refuses to upgrade his voice program to a more natural sound because he considers it to be “his own personal voice”
4m9g TIL That there was an ancient group of people responsible for the bronze age collapse who appeared from nowhere, destroyed at least 3 empires, then disappeared again after being defeated by Egypt.