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TIL Twix has slumped in size from 60g in the 1980s to 58g in the 2000s to 50g in 2015

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P1nLO TIL a Chinese destroyer sank because an officer dumped his girlfriend. She committed suicide, leading to him being discharged, so he decided to detonate the depth charges on the ship, causing it to sink at port and kill 134 sailors.
aop9 TIL in 2011 A man tripping on acid wandered into Moby’s house. Moby gave him a sweatshirt and some money for breakfast and sent him on his way.
xV0Wo TIL Goofy Goober Rock from The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004) is a parody of the Twisted Sister song “I Wanna Rock”.
4XxK6 TIL that electric toothbrushes were originally intended to help people with limited motor skills
epmxL TIL that Egyptian mummies would have their eyes replaced by shells, linens or painted onions. This has made it especially difficult to study Egyptian mummy eyes since embalmers often made no effort to preserve them.