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TIL: More corporations than corporeal human beings reside in the State of Delaware with more than 65% of Fortune 500 companies calling the state their home.

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laGV TIL in 1925 two young brothers found the Stanley Cup in their basement and scratched their names on it. In 1940 their names were engraved on it as members of the champion New York Rangers. They then peed in the cup with their teammates.
mx7bO TIL that for 12 years, the Mr. Potato Head toy was intended to be used with real potatoes.
J7A4 TIL that Macaulay Culkin (kid from Home Alone) bought Marilyn Manson his first pack of cigarettes
E16dW TIL that comedian Ryan Stiles from Whose Line is it Anyway? has been a frequent fund raiser for children with burn injuries, raising over $500,000 for the Burned Children Recovery Center since 2009, helping the foundation to recover from the economy crash of 2008.
jERN TIL that lobster used to be considered “cockroaches of the sea.” It was fed to prisoners and apprentices, and was used as fish bait.