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Today I Learned (TIL)

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Bonus: The Britons were reluctant to the new American invention for a long time. In the early 1960s tea bags only made up 3% of the market, but in 2007 it had risen to 96%.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

reminder that users will do whatever they like with the product you give them, intended or not

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No one will stop me from eating silica gel.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It says "eat" right there on the package!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Back massagers, electric toothbrushes, and shower heads with a "pulse" setting are the trinity of body discovery.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

When the firstHarry Potter movie came out the "flying" effect on the broom was just vibration. The reviews for it were incredible. "My six year old loves it but her twelve year old sister can't be separated from it. I had to get another one for my 17 year old daughter as well!"

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

That's actually very fitting if you do a bit of research into how the story of "witches flying by riding a broomstick" came to be.

Hint: sticking drugs into somewhere other than your mouth