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TIL That The Very First Kermit The Frog Puppet Was Made Of An Old Green Coat Creator Jim Henson's Mother Owned, And A Ping Pong Ball Cut In Half.

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mxlQx TIL that in 1999 the World Bank had public water systems in two of Bolivia’s largest urban areas turned over to a Corporation in a secretive process - who raised water rates by up to 200%. The corporation was forced to leave Bolivia, but then spent 3 years trying to sue Bolivia for lost profits.
Aymg TIL that Vermont requires by law that all restaurants serving apple pie must serve it with cold milk, cheddar cheese or vanilla ice cream.
groOb TIL Andrew Jackson had a parrot who loved to curse
kOnKW TIL that Bill W., the founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, was a proponent of LSD and believed that regular usage of LSD would be beneficial for many recovering alcoholics.
VMm6Z TIL Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone, but he was also a teacher for the deaf