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TIL: That the Playboy Magazine was named after a defunct car company

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WkVxB TIL that in 552 AD two monks successfully smuggled silkworm eggs in their walking sticks from China to the Byzantine Empire, essentially ending the silk monopolies of China and Persia, and bringing silk manufacture to Europe
m1wJR TIL in 2021, a single deli shop in New Jersey that was publicly traded managed to achieve a market capitalization of over $100 million despite doing only $35,000 in sales across two years. The deli's largest shareholder was the wrestling coach of the high school next door.
1abkP TIL that there are 46 prescription drugs that can cause drug-induced Lupus symptoms.
4XbJo TIL Serial killer Edmund Kemper buried one of his victim's head in his mother's garden facing upward toward her bedroom. After his arrest, he stated that he did this because his mother "always wanted people to look up to her."
R5xn7 TIL That Franklin D. Roosevelt was the first US president with armored vehicle. That same vehicle was originally owned by Al Capone, got seized by the Feds, and then given to FDR