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TIL that Tesco was forced to introduce their Clubcard loyalty scheme after a former soldier threatened to contaminate food with IV-infected blood

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grW17 TIL the National Weather Service’s definition of “normal” is the average from 1991-2020, despite the fact that each decade since the 1960s has been hotter than the last.
J1Qrl TIL the 1922 World Series featured two teams that shared a home stadium, brothers playing against each other, and the last tie in World Series history
woeVP TIL that during his development, Nintendo almost made Waluigi an evil version of Princess Peach named "Warupichi," but he ultimately became the evil Luigi because Wario needed a doubles partner in Mario Tennis for the Nintendo 64
6ElnY TIL that during the women’s gymnastics all-around final at the 2000 Olympics, the vaulting table was accidentally set 5 centimeters too low. Half of the gymnasts had vaulted before organizers fixed the error, and many of them had crashes.
xVx4w TIL that Pixar's Cars lost the 2006 Best Animated Feature Oscar to Happy Feet, which used motion capture technology. Their next film, Ratatouille, has a stamp in the credits saying "100% Genuine Animation! No motion capture or any other performance shortcuts were used in the production of this film"