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TIL Cap'n Crunch in the 70’s had a toy that could be modified to hack phone call lines.

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0ly5 TIL Brazil will offer inmates in its crowded prison system a novel way to shorten their sentences – cutting four days for every book they read.
78p5L TIL that all (northern hemisphere) thoroughbred horses celebrate their birthday on Jan 1st.
8eyrX Today I Learned that Chicago's Original Jeppson's Malört was Originally Marketed as Medicinal Swedish Bäskbrännvin (a Wormwood Based Cure for Stomach Worms), and Between 1945 Until 1989 Each Bottle Contained an Entire Sprig of Wormwood
Oo654 TIL in 2010, Nestlé refused to watch a documentary about child slave labor in the cocoa industry and their involvement in it. In response, the film's director set up a large screen next to Nestle’s headquarters in Switzerland playing the film.
epNLk TIL the largest safety recall in US history occurred because of defective Takata airbags that can deploy explosively and have killed at least 27 people & injured over 400. Overall, 67 million airbags in 42 million vehicles from 34 brands (mostly model years 2002-2015) have been recalled in the US.