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TIL the ingredients in Tylenol Cold and Tylenol Flu are exactly the same. The only difference between each product is the box.

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Y7Zvv TIL New York City is sinking 1-2mm each year due to the weight of its skyscrapers, worsening the effects of rising sea levels and flooding.
5R5D TIL that “Spider Goats” are a thing. Since farming spiders for silk isn’t ideal, scientists spliced silk spider genes into goats. This new goat can then produces silk out of its utter with its milk.
pDaO TIL in 2012 a zookeeper licked a monkey’s anus for an hour in order to save the monkey’s life
rRWZd TIL that Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane was invited to the White House for a tea party in 1969 and planned to spike President Nixon's tea with 600 micrograms of LSD. The plan was thwarted by White House security.
jnAR TIL an executive wanted to change the title of “Back to the Future” to be “Spaceman from Pluto” as he didn’t think it would be successful. Director Zemeckis asked help from Spielberg, who wrote a note back telling the executive he had a great sense of humor. The idea was never mentioned again.