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TIL in 1986, the store chain Silo advertised a stereo as costing “299 bananas”, with “bananas” being a slang word for “dollars”. However, 32 people legally bought the stereos with 299 banana fruits.

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MexJb TIL A guy faked his own death in order to get out of a Verizon Wireless contract
MZ5A TIL there is 3G cell service and internet capability at the peak of Mt. Everest, while only 9% of the Nepalese population has access to the Internet.
d8gjK TIL of the Oakalla Prison Farm a prison farm in Burnaby, BC. Opened in 1912 it was initially designed to hold 150 men and 50 women. By the 1950s, the population was well over 1000. A working farm, the prison had its own dairy, vegetable gardens and livestock. Riots in the 80s caused its closure.
PYmGL TIL In 1895, workers finished the largest achromatic refractor that would ever be created: the Yerkes telescope. George Ellery Hale, an American astronomer, convinced the Chicago tycoon Charles Tyson Yerkes to finance the telescope
jYNN TIL: A patient who recieved a bone marrow transplant developed the same food allergy as the bone marrow donor.