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TIL Martin Scorsese’s new movie “The Wolf on Wall Street” hold’s the record for dropping the most f-bombs in a film

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aYAJ TIL in 1982, someone laced Tylenol capsules on store shelves across Chicago with cyanide, killing seven. While the perpetrator of this crime was never found, it did usher in the development of tamper-proof packaging for over-the-counter drugs, which is now an industry standard.
LGRp TIL: France was the only nation to send athletes to compete in Croquet in the the 1900 olympics. All 10 athletes medaled, including 2 unopposed. The only spectator was an elderly englishman who only watch the qualifying round. The sport was deemed too unpopular to include in subsequent olympics
GY5xN TIL a lake freighter launched in 1906 was in commercial service as a powered ship until 2013. The hull was then cut down to a barge and it is still active today, now in its 114th season.
n1lG TIL the American Revolutionary War is technically classified as a World War by historians
VMOVG TIL that in 1920s, a famine struck Russia and forced people to eat raw seeds, grass, dirt, dogs, cats and leather horse harnesses. At its peak, people eat and sell human body parts as meat. Despite reports of cannibalism, the police took no action as it was deemed a legitimate method of survival.