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TIL in 1927 PEZ dispensers, known as “regulars,” were similar in shape to a cigarette lighter and dispensed an adult breath mint marketed as an alternative to smoking.

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0wGaA TIL that the human body contains more bacterial cells than human cells.
WkOdo TIL In 1386 a pig was convicted of murder for “had indulged in the evil propensity of eating infants on the street” and was was sentenced to be maimed in the head and forelegs prior to hanging.
b5k7 TIL for $22,000 Swiss company Algordanza will take your ashes and compress them into a synthetic diamond to be set in jewelry for a loved one. Most stones come out blue because humans contains trace amounts of boron. Occasionally diamond pops out white, yellow or black.
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