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TIL that sweaters that have been turned into pants is a thing - swants

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NXkG6 TIL Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle was originally supposed to be about a quest to find Krispy Kreme donuts, but the food was changed to White Castle hamburgers after Krispy Kreme refused to allow the film to use their name.
Ooyp4 TIL Joe Kennedy, JFK's father, made a fortune as a stock market and commodity investor before cashing in all his stocks just days before the stock market crash of 1929. Consequentially, he was one of the few people who vastly increased their fortune during the great depression.
yQL0l TIL there is a fake village in the Netherlands, complete with a fake supermarket, restaurant, and theatre amongst other things, which is actually a care home for dementia sufferers
0wnXj TIL of NeverSeconds, a blog started by 9 year old Martha Payne to rate her school lunches and raise money for charity. Gaining popularity, parents started to take notice of the small size of the lunches and Martha was asked by the school to stop blogging.
X07lk TIL the most expensive drug in the world costs $3.5 million