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TIL the idea that cranberry juice prevents UTIs was perpetuated by Ocean Spray and actually has little to no statistical influence.

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kJx8m TIL for 358 years mathematicians attempted to solve an equation scribbled in the margin of a text book with a note they had a proof but was "too large to fit in the margin". It's still debated today whether Fermat had a solution in 1637 or wrote that just to entice other mathematicians
69vE8 TIL That Americans of Irish decent donated about three times more money towards the Irish war of independence than the people of Ireland raised through the "National Loan" program set up by the new national government to fund the rebellion.
pVYp TIL that a mexican janitor named Richard Montañez made the “Flamin’ Hot” line of products and is now the executive vice president of multicultural sales and community activation for PepsiCo’s North American divisions.
JYnZm TIL that Kent released a cigarette in 1952 with a filter made out of asbestos (branded as a "micronite filter"). they sold 13 billion of these cigarettes before being discontinued in 1956 and they are suspected of causing many mesothelioma cases
GYp74 TIL the Venus flytrap was originally called a, "tippity twitchet", in reference to human female genitalia