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TIL of Steve Comisar, who sold a ‘solar-powered clothes dryer’ for $39.99. Customers would then receive a clothesline.

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xZe5 TIL of the “Arlington Ladies”, volunteering to attend every military funeral since 1948 so that no soldier, sailor, airman or marine is buried alone at Arlington National Cemetery (avg. 30 funerals per day).
YaMP TIL Google doesn’t use lawnmowers to cut its grass. Google rents 200 goats to chow down on their grass for roughly a week.
Mvx8 TIL in 1957 the BBC aired an April fools hoax about spaghetti grows on trees. Some viewers afterwards contacted the BBC for advice on growing their own spaghetti trees.
lond7 TIL WWE has trademarked the bible reference “3:16”. Wrestler Stone Cold Steve Austin used the phrase to taunt the born-again Christian, Jake Roberts, following a match and it became a hit. “Austin 3:16” went on to become Steve Austin’s signature catchphrase and T-Shirt.
PYM7E TIL that since Dunkaroos were discontinued in the US in 2012, they are being smuggled into the country by Canadians called ‘Smugglaroos’