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TIL: That during 1830 - 1900, there was a fad for women who wanted to lose weight, the Tapeworm diet.

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NX4dP TIL that the song “Sabotage" by the Beastie Boys is actually about their sound engineer, Mario Caldato Jr. He pissed them off and screamed that they needed to finish a song. He would push awful instrumental tracks having Adrock to yell “I can’t stand it!”
X8nE TIL Einstein’s Brain went missing and was found 23 years later
wL0W8 TIL In 1970 Oregon attempted to discard a whale carcass on its coast by blowing it up.
rZlM TIL drinking coffee and then taking a short nap reduces sleepiness more than just drinking coffee or just napping.
kJAlW TIL that despite their name, horseshoe crabs are more closely related to arachnids like spiders and scorpions than they are to crabs (or any crustacean).