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TIL that because oils from cookies can be damaging to puppets, the cookies consumed by the Cookie Monster on Sesame Street are actually rice crackers painted to resemble cookies

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E1yQW TIL A train company invented a way to ship oil without pipelines; bitumen is converted into a solid product and sealed in plastic made from recyclables. The pucks are designed to be transported in regular container cars by train and loaded onto cargo ships at coal terminals. They float too!
5ARr TIL There is a mysterious hole in Nova Scotia. Excavation started in 1795, but to this day what is at the bottom of the pit remains unknown.
QYEe TIL: Otto Von Bismarck said in 1888 “One day the great European War will come out of some damned foolish thing in the Balkans.“ 26 years later in 1914 World War 1 broke out after Franz Ferdinand was killed in Sarajevo
rRbje TIL the album "The Mollusk" by the 90s Indie band Ween was one of the primary inspirations for Spongebob.
XZWr TIL the Playstation 2 is the best selling game console of all time, selling 155 million units. 131 million more than the XBOX.