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TIL Dan Aykroyd, Joseph Stalin, Ashton Kutcher, and Conan O'Brien were all born with.....webbed toes.

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rXo1 TIL that TEL (tetraethyl lead), an octane booster gasoline additive that was killing Standard Oil Refinery workers or rendering them mad in the 1920’s, wasn’t’ banned by the United States until 1986 largely due to business interests.
E1nkp TIL of a phenomenon where during TV commercial breaks, a large majority of Britain will decide to do things that drain electricity, such as the kettle, at the same time, thus causing 200-400MW demand on the grid
0dAmv TIL that When Edward Safra was 16, he earned $40 million during arbitrage transactions between Italian and British gold sovereigns and used this money to obtain a financial house in Geneva which became his Trade Development Bank which used only ancient Arabic script for its bookkeeping.
yQlQV TIL in 1973 convicted child killer Lester Eubanks was taken out shopping unescorted as a reward for good behavior. He did not return to his scheduled pick-up location and has been on the run ever since.
XmxR TIL The US Government has rigorous specs for the pens it buys. assembled by blind people, the pens must be able to write for a mile and in temps 160F to -40, are designed to fit undetected into uniforms, can stand in for a two inch fuse, and be used for an emergency tracheotomy