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TIL that Dolphins sleep with one eye open
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TIL that it is illegal for radio stations to call and prank people. The first thing they have to say is that they are being recorded for radio. This means that pranks like the John Cena call are setup, usually by a radio consultant company called prepburger
P19eV
TIL that "pink peppercorns" don't come from the pepper plant at all! Some variants are related to the cashew and can even trigger tree nut allergies.
W8Wd
TIL when the 1979 film The China Syndrome, about a coverup at a nuclear plant, was released, it was denounced as a ‘character assassination of an entire industry’. 12 days later, the Three Mile Island nuclear accident occurred.
1Ybd
TIL that in 1982, Joe Strummer (frontman of The Clash) was pressured by his manager to go into hiding in Texas as a publicity stunt for the band’s upcoming tour. Strummer instead decided to genuinely disappear to France for months, where he “dicked around” and ran the Paris Marathon.
801Z
TIL that HBO’s iconic “Band of Brothers” premiered two days before 9/11. When the attacks occurred, HBO stopped all marketing for the show, and by the end of the series it had half the viewers it started with. It won six Emmys, a Golden Globe, and was awarded a Peabody.