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TIL after realizing an aspiring magician was actually in his twenties and had childlike handwriting due to a disability, David Copperfield founded Project Magic. A program that teaches people with disabilities how to do sleight of hand magic in order to enhance motor skills and gain self confidence

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VM5k8 TIL a medical fetish company donated medical scrubs to a UK hospital after requests by UK National Health Service reps. The company bills itself as “the only online store 100% dedicated to Medical Fetish, Kink and Roleplay” with “genuine medical grade items.”
1E84 TIL The machines that harvest, process and slice potatoes are unable to tell the difference between them and golf balls, occasionally resulting in golf ball potato crisps/chips making it into packets.
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KYLKR TIL The classic Budweiser Frogs commercials from the 90s were directed by Gore Verbinski (The Ring, Pirates of the Carribean, etc.)