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TIL crystal meth was invented in Japan

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mBjR TIL of Thomas Mott Osborne, who stamped out corruption as warden of Sing Sing prison. Framed for having sex with prisoners by a crooked banker, after his acquittal the inmates held a carnival in his honour
mxaDP TIL that if you use iTunes, you have already agreed not to use Apple products to create nuclear weapons as mentioned in the iTunes EULA.
ZbMR TIL of Pope Celestine V, who did not wish to be elected pope. His only act was to pronounce that popes could abdicate, after which he abdicated.
Aer4 TIL that Leon Trotsky wrote a book called “The Revolution Betrayed” where he accurately predicted the deterioration of communism, Stalin’s totalitarianism, and the eventual fall of the Soviet Union
woOlo TIL the centrepiece sequence of "Singin' in the Rain" was culled from a similar sequence (sans-dancing) in Buster Keaton's "The Cameraman".