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TIL that the reason for ABBA’s often wild and garish costumes was due to Swedish tax law. The cost of the clothes was deductible only if they could not be worn other than for performances.

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J1DnQ TIL Mild bell peppers didn't exist before the 1920s
b6YPQ TIL that the practice of Feng Shui is so prevalent in Hong Kong that when the Bank Of China was built to not follow the practice, the HSBC building nearby built maintenance cranes with the shape of cannons to combat its negative energy.
w7eW TIL Emily the cow escaped from a slaughterhouse minutes before her turn at the abattoir, wandered for 40 days eluding capture, went on to live for 8 more years before getting a memorial on her grave
YpnQW TIL of "knocker-uppers" a profession with the sole purpose of waking people up in the morning, later to become obsolete by alarm clocks.
neEXB TIL: Dwayne Johnson "aka: The Rock" began his acting and wrestling career after being cut from the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League. He would later say "Sometimes, your biggest dreams that don’t come true are the best things that never happened."