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TIL it is possible to form an addiction to carrots.

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6le7 TIL that “The Goldwater Rule” forbids psychiatrists from offering opinions on somebody s/he hasn’t interviewed. It was created in response to Barry Goldwater suing Fact Magazine for $75K after publishing “1189 Psychiatrists Think Goldwater is Pyschologically Unfit to be President” in 1964.
4Xgwo TIL that Romans weaved asbestos fibers into a cloth-like material that was then sewn into tablecloths and napkins. These cloths were cleaned by throwing them into a blistering fire, from which they came out unharmed and whiter than when they went in.
BDAk TIL of David Burke, a disgruntled ex-employee of an airline company who was able to board a plane, shoot his former boss and the pilots, and crashed the plane, killing a total of 43 people.
16lG4 TIL that Nike's slogan, Just Do It, actually originated from Joseph Smith, the founder of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
npZ9 TIL In 1975, two men got a marriage license in Colorado after the clerk couldn’t find a law against it. When they applied for a spouse’s visa, the U.S. government mailed a letter saying, “You have failed to establish that a bona fide marital relationship can exist between two faggots.”