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TIL the popular game Candy Crush exploits mechanisms of addiction in the same way some recreational drugs and gambling do

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QN46E TIL That 4000 years old Ancient Babylonian clay tablet which is a customer's letter complaining about sub-standard copper and wanting a refund. It is considered to be the oldest known written complaint.
VMQ6m TIL that Thanksgiving was not actually a federal holiday in the United States until 1863, when it was declared so by Abraham Lincoln.
ekL6 TIL that in 1950 Louis Eliasberg completed the first and only complete U.S. coin collection - one of every date, metal, denomination, and mint mark ever struck as of that year
VMKY8 TIL of the battle flag of XXIII Corps of the Union Army of the Ohio. It was made entirely from the shredded remains of the battle flags of their defeated enemies.
oBQd8 TIL that in 1982, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother was rushed to hospital when a fish bone became stuck in her throat, and she ended up having an operation to remove it. Being a keen fisher, she calmly joked when it was done: "The salmon have got their own back".