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TIL that Christopher Columbus ran a sex slave ring among other atrocities.

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wLGd1 TIL why toothpaste makes orange juice awful. A common detergent/surfactant called sodium lauryl sulphate in toothpaste both suppresses sweet receptors, and destroys phospholipids in your mouth which inhibit your bitter receptors. So it employs a double-whammy impact to your taste buds!
b9gX0 TIL that the World Health Organization recommends ash or sand as alternative to soap when it's not available
w4eY TIL that the captain of the Costa Condordia has yet to serve any of his prison sentence, and even taught a panic management course two years after he panicked and abandoned his ship before any passengers could get off.
R58eQ TIL of the Ondioline, one of the forerunners to the analog synthesizer, first conceived in 1939 by George's Jenny. The instrument was featured prominently on dozens of early Motown recordings, including (You're My) Dream Come True.
XE8r TIL teachers at a school in Korea for children with disabilities molested, raped, and killed students and got away with it. They were even reinstated at the school. A movie was made based on the event and the school was shut down because the film sparked public outcry.