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TIL Beaver anal secretions have been used as a vanilla flavor substitute for certain foods and luxury cosmetics.

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Ebgp TIL that the coldest place in the known universe is in a laboratory right here on Earth.
x06o TIL in 1971 someone in Pennsylvania tried to sue Satan for having “threatened him, caused him misery, impeded his course in life, and generally precipitated his downfall.” The case was dismissed, partly because it couldn’t be shown that Satan lived in the court’s jurisdiction.
VB704 TIL that the Amos n Andy Show, where white men played dumb African Americans, was so popular that theaters delayed the start of their movies so audiences could listen to the radio show first
womE6 TIL that in 2018, Swaziland changed its name to Eswatini, and this was partially to prevent confusion with Switzerland.
d8kQK TIL that in the US, Americans would raise their right hand in an upward direction (similar to a Nazi salute) when they recited the pledge of allegiance. It was repealed by Congress in 1942 (for obvious reasons) to have the right hand over the heart as we know it today.