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TIL The Grateful Dead helped make yogurt popular in the United States by doing a benefit concert for Ken Kesey's brother's creamery

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l7EQG TIL in 1915, the USS Eastland cruise ship was retrofitted with additional lifeboats due to new regulations following The Titanic disaster. The additional top-heavy weight caused it to sink before it left port, killing 844 passengers.
Wj8Y TIL A man bought a shipping container for $400 and found a $2,000,000 Canadian warship engine inside.
0rAv TIL Lack of play for kids results in mental health problems.
XONQ TIL the noise produced by the Hypno-Toad from Futurama is simply a jet turbine recording played in reverse!
KBw4 TIL that British paratrooper Joshua Leavey took on Taliban fighters while running through heavy machine gun fire multiple times in order to rescue an injured US Marine Captain.