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TIL that Jolly Ranchers are technically a type of glass.

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LBwQ TIL there is a Republican group called “Log Cabin Republicans” who support not only strong national defense, limited government, and low taxes, but also focus heavily on pro-LGBT legislation.
NXm08 TIL gold can be very toxic if it's in a biologically active compound. A common use for gold salts is rheumatoid arthritis.
oN18 TIL there’s a mutual fund that has never changed the stocks it holds in over 75 years. Had you invested $10,000 in the Corporate Leaders Trust in 1935, it would be worth over $20,000,000 today. The fund has also outperformed the S&P 500 and Warren Buffett’s Berkshire-Hathaway in the past decade.
lXYB TIL Steven Tyler adopted a 14 yr old groupie so she could tour with him and he could have a relationship with her
4XZ46 TIL that there is a concept opposite to déjà vu called jamais vu, wherein familiar concepts or situations become seemingly unfamiliar. An example of which is when words sound like jibberish after saying or writing them enough times.