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TIL 70% of all red meat consumed worldwide is goat meat.

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PwkZ TIL 1969 Allen Funt creator/host of Candid Camera boarded a plane to Miami. While in flight the plane was hijacked by armed men. A passenger recognized Funt and all were convinced it was a gag. Funt tried to dissuade them but no one believed him they only realized it wasn’t when they landed in Cuba.
joMa TIL in 1812, an American ship rescued a British crew stranded on an island. While the Americans went out to search for food for the extra crew, the British took over the ship and left the Americans stranded on the island.
pYQLe TIL the first publicly witnessed and verified perfect score in Pac-Man (without manipulating the game's hardware) did not happen until 1999
oRK78 TIL that professional wrestlers stab themselves with a razor blade to create blood for the match
glZ4 TIL that is 2009 two men randomly decided to attack two men dressed in drag. It turned out the two drag queens were cage fighters in fancy dress.