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TIL that the first true automobile was invented by Karl Benz

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DQXGP TIL that the first Winter Olympics took place in Chamonix, France in 1924, only four nations participated in the inaugural event.
aw9yL TIL that botulism in a dented can of canned black olives killed 18 people in Ohio heralding the emergence of food safety regulation.
d80wd Today I learned that Swingline didn't make red staplers until Mike Judge made them famous in the movie Office Space
B54L TIL A 2016 study determined that drug companies withheld results indicating that anti-depressants can nearly double the likelihood of suicide and violent behavior
e0VML TIL the man who campaigned to legalise the potato in France then promoted it by keeping potatoes under armed guard to give the impression they were valuable and instructing the guards to accept any and all bribes by civilians wanting to steal them