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TIL In 2013 a genetic test of fish in restaurants and supermarkets showed 84% of Sushi restaurants in the US mislabeled and replaced tuna with Escolar, a fish known to cause prolonged, uncontrollable oily anal leakage

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VM8OZ TIL While Governor of New York Franklin D Roosevelt went to such lengths to hide his reliance on a wheelchair that he had a secret elevator and entrance into his office in the state capital building.
xxbk TIL of what was supposed to be Cartoon Network’s first original show, Wacky Races Coast to Coast - a racing show that was scrapped after creator Mike Lazzo had a fever dream the night before production was set to begin, in which he imagined the character Space Ghost hosting his own talk show.
Ol4e TIL: In 2014 Namibia raised over $350k by auctioning off the right to hunt one endangered black rhino. The rhino was past breeding age and detrimental to the rest of the herd. The money was used to protect endangered animals.
mxjdp TIL that 12pt Courier is the standard font for film script writing because it's a fixed-width font meaning letters have equal spaces between them, so 55 lines on a page equals about a minute of screen time
6Egal TIL the battlecruiser SMS Seydlitz sank three times. The third time was because the guy in charge wasn't there when it was raised, so he made them re-sink it so he could get the photo-op.