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TIL toilet paper is Costco’s best selling item, selling over a billion rolls at $400 million a year.

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4N5R TIL that up to 25% of the population may have trouble distinguishing between right and left, even into adulthood.
ep50g TIL after Post Malone found out that other patrons at the Houston bar he was in had covered his check, he asked the waitress to charge him for anything so he could leave a tip. The waitress then rang him up for a $1 bill, and in return, he tipped her $20,000, leaving a total of $20,001.
kOwM5 TIL Marie Curie was involved in a sex scandal when a newspaper published love letters between her and a former student of her deceased husband. Her lover later challenged the newspaper’s editors to a dual to defend Marie’s honor.
lQRK TIL - The REAL Sausage King of Chicago was not named Abe Froman (a la Ferris Bueller), but Adolph Luetgert, and murdered his wife by dissolving her in acid.
ygDl TIL that only 10 people have been awarded the key to the city of Detroit. Amongst them are Saddam Hussein, Santa Clause and Elmo from Sesame Street.