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TIL that Trader Joes employees will open and let you sample anything in their store if asked, including alcoholic beverages if allowed by law…

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N74eQ TIL Green Bay Packers wide receiver Max McGee didn't expect to play in the first Super Bowl in 1967. He showed up hungover and without his helmet. He ended up making a one-handed catch to score the game's first touchdown
nepwd TIL of the Diomede Islands, despite being separated by less than 4 Km, the time difference between them is of 21 hours. In winter the sea between them freezes and one can walk from "yesterday to tomorrow" or from "tomorrow to yesterday".
6Ymw TIL that four-leaf clovers are only rare in nature because 4 is not a number in the fibonacci sequnce
VBAV0 TIL that a bird(penguin) can go to greater depths in the ocean than most fish
oBaO8 TIL that in 1671, Francois Vatel was responsible for a 2,000 person banquet in honor of King Louis XIV. He was so distraught about the lateness of the fish that he committed suicide. His body was found by someone announcing the delivery of the fish.