TIL that in 2011, the country of Norway ran out of butter. As a result, prices soared and butter was smuggled illegally into the country.
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Submitted February 08, 2024 at 04:58PM by musicalharmonica
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Wikipedia
Norwegian butter crisis
Late 2011 shortage of butter in Norway
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TIL Mark Mcgwire’s 70th home run was caught by fan Phil Ozersky. After the Cardinals offered him a signed bat, ball, and jersey for the baseball. Ozersky asked to be able to meet McGwire too in this exchange, but McGwire said no. Ozersky to keep the baseball ,which he sold for over $3million.
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Submitted February 08, 2024 at 05:56PM by blamdin
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Redbird Rants
Cardinals: Mark McGwire’s 70th home run ball once sold for $3 million
In light of Albert Pujols and Aaron Judge, Cardinals legend Mark McGwire's historic 70th home run ball in 1998 once sold for $3 million
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TIL that The Bounty which served as the pirate ship in The SpongeBob movie sank during Hurricane Sandy resulting in the deaths of two crew members
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Submitted February 08, 2024 at 04:13PM by nickburrows8398
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Bounty (1960 ship)
1960 reconstruction of the original 1787 Royal Navy sailing ship
TIL that Samuel Jackson asked for his character (Mace Windu) to have a purple light saber. Although he initially rejected it, George Lucas later caved in, making Mace the first character to break the basic colour rule of the light sabers.
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CBR
How Samuel L. Jackson Broke Star Wars With a Purple Lightsaber
George Lucas had a specific set of rules for the colors of lightsabers in Star Wars -- that was until Samuel L. Jackson decided to just ignore them!
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TIL in 1960 Tom and James Monaghan bought DomiNick's, a small pizzeria, for $1400. Not wanting to quit his full-time job as a postman, James traded his half of the business to Tom for the VW Beetle they used for deliveries. Tom would later buy two more pizzerias and found Domino's Pizza.
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Wikipedia
Domino's
American pizza restaurant chain
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TIL that Mount Kosciuszko, recognized as the tallest mountain in Australia, was actually mislabeled and was shorter than the actual tallest mountain (Mount Townsend). To correct the error, the names of the mountains were simply swapped.
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Submitted February 08, 2024 at 08:58PM by Miamime
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WorldAtlas
The Tallest Mountains In Australia
Led by Kosciuszko, Townsend, and Twynam, Australia's greatest heights are reached in the Snowy Mountains range.
TIL that The Beatles last commercial concert was left with 7,000 unsold tickets and was a financial bust for the production company.
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Submitted February 08, 2024 at 09:34PM by BarronMind
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The Beatles' 1966 US tour
1966 concert tour by The Beatles
TIL Roman culture used pins in foreskins for a variety of reasons, including preserving a man's voice and sexual abstinence
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Submitted February 08, 2024 at 07:19PM by FlattopMaker
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Fibula (penile)
A penile fibula is foremost a ring, attached with a pin through the foreskin to fasten it above the glans penis. It was mainly used by ancient Roman culture, though it may have originated earlier. This ring type of fibula has been described akin to a "large…
TIL: Nintendo owns the rights to two pornographic movies.
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Submitted February 08, 2024 at 09:55PM by Dothehurdygurdy
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Wikipedia
Super Hornio Brothers
1993 film by Buck Adams
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TIL that back in 1994, Chinese arms smugglers with ties to major manufacturers tried to sell AK-47s and even heavier weaponry to U.S. street gangs
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Submitted February 08, 2024 at 10:50PM by calebs_dad
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Los Angeles Times
U.S. Agents Say Chinese Tanks, Rockets Offered
A key middleman arrested in an alleged arms smuggling ring was negotiating with U.S. undercover agents--including one he believed represented the Mafia--to sell them Chinese-made munitions ranging from hand-held rocket launchers to tanks to surface-to-air…
TIL A surgeon in the UK used an argon beam to brand his initials onto transplanted livers of two of his patients
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Submitted February 09, 2024 at 12:25AM by amusedfridaygoat
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the Guardian
Surgeon who burned initials into livers of two patients fined £10,000
Simon Bramhall ordered to carry out 120 hours’ unpaid work after admitting assault offences relating to transplant surgeries
TIL Dr Seuss didn't have a big hit until age 53 when "Cat in the Hat" was published. He resisted writing his own life story, and only sat down for two interviews near the end when he was dying from cancer
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Submitted February 09, 2024 at 02:23AM by ubcstaffer123
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San Diego Union-Tribune
New Seuss biography shows how hard author worked on his 'brat books'
Brian Jay Jones continues his look at American creative geniuses
TIL: After the first Bush retired, he noticed all his agents had shaved their heads. He asked why and was told it was in support of the son of one of them who was undergoing chemo. So Bush shaved his head too.
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Submitted February 09, 2024 at 03:13AM by Sayyid_Karim
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CBS News
George H.W. Bush once shaved his head for a Secret Service agent’s son with leukemia
When former President George H.W Bush learned his security detail planned to shave their heads for the 2-year-old child of an agent with leukemia, he wanted to show support as well
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TIL: During the One World Trade Center construction, workers had the choice of bringing lunches or facing the nearly impossible task of descending to ground in 30 minutes for food. To solve this, a Subway franchise created a full shop in a shipping container, which was lifted to the workers daily.
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Submitted February 09, 2024 at 05:35AM by ledgendary
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Mashed
How Subway Helped With The Building Of 1 World Trade Center
One of Subway's more unexpected locations was only open for a few years -- and played a vital role in the rebuilding of One World Trade Center.
TIL Scarlet Fever still exists and it's strep throat with a rash...
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Submitted February 09, 2024 at 03:44AM by trollcole
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Mayo Clinic
The difference between scarlet fever and strep throat-Scarlet fever - Symptoms & causes - Mayo Clinic
Learn more about the symptoms, causes, complications and treatment of this strep bacterial infection that causes a red rash, sore throat and high fever.
TIL that Eliza Dushku, when playing Faith in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, had to be emancipated to work long hours as a minor. The judge handling her case was a Buffy fan and joked Eliza would have to sign a photo for the judge if she wanted the emancipation approved.
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Submitted February 09, 2024 at 07:45AM by Ok-Indication-5121
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Emertainment Monthly
Super Megafest 2013: Eliza Dushku Panel - Emertainment Monthly
The Eliza Dusku Q&A from Super Megafest 2013.
TIL that piston-engined aircraft still add lead to their fuel. In a deliberate attempt at lessening the perceived impact, high lead is called "low leaded fuel," and leaded fuel is called "very low leaded fuel" despite there being no safe upper limit for lead additives in fuel
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Submitted February 09, 2024 at 10:18AM by MustangBarry
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www.faa.gov
Leaded Aviation Fuel and the Environment
Aircraft operating on leaded aviation gasoline (avgas) are used for many critical purposes, including business and personal travel, instructional flying, aerial surveys, agriculture, firefighting, law enforcement, medical emergencies, and express freight. …
TIL: The Greek alphabet uses ; as a question mark instead of the ? symbol.
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Submitted February 09, 2024 at 08:32AM by Iboven
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Question mark
The question mark ? (also known as interrogation point, query, or eroteme in journalism) is a punctuation mark that indicates a question or interrogative clause or phrase in many languages.
TIL that a football player lied to his team about being in graduate school. The Baltimore Ravens thought that John Urschel was taking classes at MIT part time. The team did not know that he was a full-time PhD math student. Urschel studied from the end of Sunday games until practice on Tuesday.
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Submitted February 09, 2024 at 03:36PM by TMWNN
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Sportingnews
John Urschel didn't tell Ravens he was a full-time Ph.D. student at MIT while in the NFL
John Urschel was playing in the NFL while also getting a math Ph.D. at MIT.
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TIL that since its discovery Pluto has not made a full orbit around the sun, and still has 150 years until it does
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Submitted February 09, 2024 at 12:38PM by etaithespeedcuber
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NBC News
When Will Pluto Complete Its First Orbit Since Its Discovery?
Today, Neptune turned 1 year old. Well, sort of. The eighth planet from our sun was discovered on September 23, 1846. Neptune takes a very long time to orbit the sun — 164.8 Earth years, in fact — and today Neptune completed its first orbit of the sun since…
TIL of Anthony Babington's recovery from brain damage. He was so badly wounded in WW2 that his girlfriend left him; he could not talk and was paralyzed on his right side. Babington learned to speak and write again, became a lawyer and judge, and wrote many books.
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Submitted February 09, 2024 at 02:59PM by TMWNN
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the Guardian
Obituary: Anthony Babington
Judge who overcame formidable handicaps to reach the bench.
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