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TIL that the disease you are avoiding by washing your new clothes before wearing is cancer. Many clothes are treated with formaldehyde during production to prevent wrinkles and mustiness before being sold.

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J1KE8 TIL that Queen Elizabeths mother, who died in 2002, lived so long that she was born in the Victorian era
MeROB TIL the 1994 film "Clerks" had an extended, but a much darker ending, in which Dante Hicks was murdered by a robber who then proceeded to take the money from the cash register. Miramax reacted negatively and ordered writer-director Kevin Smith to delete that ending completely.
LQAlv TIL When "New Coke" was released Pepsi gave their employee's the day off and ran full page newspaper ads to declare victory in the cola wars.
6l0w TIL Mexico just opened its first public veterinary hospital where they treat for free an average of 250 animals a day.
6EV4Z TIL that PowerPoint Karaoke is an improvisational activity in which a participant must deliver a presentation based on a set of slides that they have never seen before.