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TIL Julius Schmid arrived in NYC as a penniless, partially paralyzed German immigrant. He got a job at a sausage maker where he started selling the leftover animal intestines as condoms. He grew this into a multi-million dollar business eventually being named "the undisputed king of condoms".

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4XyR6 TIL that despite their name and musical style, Skid Row (the band) were not from Los Angeles, but rather Toms River, New Jersey.
J1yjj TIL that I, and 1 in 5 of you, have anisocoria—pupils that are generally different sizes. This doesn’t intrinsically represent a medical issue, but can be caused by a couple things, I.e. Horner’s Syndrome, Adie tonic pupil, oculomotor nerve palsy etc.
4xRX TIL that the film adaptation of The Cat in the Hat was so poorly received that Seuss’ widow forbade any further live-action adaptations of her husband’s work
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gMDEb TIL that Lincoln loved cats so much that he once fed them from the table during a formal White House dinner. When his wife told him that it was “shameful in front of their guests,” he replied “If the gold fork was good enough for former President James Buchanan, I think it is good enough for Tabby.”