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VMVdB TIL that the term, Luck of the Irish, was originally an insult. It was said sarcastically as the Irish have historically had bad luck, such as the potato famine.
p8BVN TIL cattle ranches have been replacing 10 to 50 percent of cattle feed with the rejected gummy worms and fruit loops from manufacturers to save money, and they've been doing this for years.
gMD1y TIL since record keeping began in 1915 fifteen people have been killed during the annual Running of the Bulls in Pamplona, Spain.
d8GmQ TIL the oldest company in Ireland is 533 years old. It manufactures candles.
djEQ TIL During WWII, George de Hevesy used aqua regia to dissolve the Nobel Prizes of German physicists Max von Laue and James Franck to prevent them being confiscated. He left the solution in his lab, where it was ignored. After the war, he precipitated the gold out and the medals were recast.