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TIL that an 11-year-old Jerry O'Connell accidentally ate pot cookies from a Renaissance Fair during filming for Stand By Me. The crew found him two hours later, high and crying.

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pYZQb TIL that the last ship the legendary American frigate USS Constitution ever captured was an illegal slave ship named H. N. Gambrill. The 1853 seizing occurred while Constitution was serving as flagship of the United States Navy's anti-slave trading Africa Squadron.
E1Oj0 TIL In 2008, game designer Sid Meier cited the Nintendo Seal of Quality as one of the three most important innovations in video game history, as it helped set a standard for game quality that protected consumers from shovelware.
vw67 TIL that the doctor who discovered that hand washing prevented the spread of disease was committed to an asylum, where he died after being beaten by the guards.
evJ6 TIL that Isle Royale, the largest island on lake superior, has a lake which has an island which has a pond which has a boulder. So the boulder becomes the largest island in the largest lake on the largest island in the largest lake on the largest island in the largest lake in the world.
NXnW6 TIL that legless lizards, while similar to snakes, do not have belly scales, and therefore have great difficulty crossing flat surfaces such as roads.