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WEj9 TIL that Nicolas Cage and his cat once took magic mushrooms together
v1XLR TIL The cartoon character mascots on children’s cereal boxes are deliberately drawn to make direct eye contact with children when on shelves, so that the child fosters loyalty with the character from the cereal brand.
m1LgR TIL of Guinea-worm disease where a worm is ingested from contaminated water & around a year later the worm exists slowly usually from the leg, leaving disabling the person for 3-10 weeks. Wrapping the worm around a stick induces it to come out with gentle tension but too much tension can kill it.
nyEB TIL that on this day (September 16) in 1959, the Xerox 914 copier was introduced to the public in a demonstration at the Sherry-Netherland Hotel in New York, shown on live television, and subsequently revolutionized the industry and office work forever.
PYWrn TIL a New Jersey man bought a $5 bottle of orange juice from Shoprite; his wife said it was too expensive and sent him back to return it, because it was on sale for $2.50 elsewhere. He then decided to buy 2 lottery tickets with the cash refunded from the OJ; he won $315.3 million.