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TIL that Tug of War was an Olympic sport. It was dropped after the Antwerp games in 1920 after a number of controversies.

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ADPwB TIL - American fast food companies are banned from Iran, so the country is home to many knock-off fast food joints with similar branding and food, such as "Mash Donalds", and "Pizza Hot". Lawsuits from major corporations are rare due to the American/Iranian relationship and Iranian trademark law.
4XVWo TIL scientists have unexpectedly found that the bacterium Colwellia psychrerythraea, an extremophile, can survive at -196 Celsius degrees, the temperature of liquid nitrogen. They're not sure how this is possible.
JeZ4 TIL there is a tree in Germany that has its own post code and is used as a public letter box for people seeking love partners
Y7Eyr TIL that paprika is ground red pepper
KYkWw TIL 70mm IMAX systems require a PalmOS device to operate. During the release of Oppenheimer on IMAX, a PalmOS emulator running on a Windows 10 tablet was used to show the film.