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TIL about "General Average," a 19th century maritime law requiring all stakeholders (cargo owners, shippers, etc.) to share losses if part of a ship or cargo is sacrificed in an emergency to save the whole.

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d80eQ TIL about Operation Rocky Top, which was a FBI mission that discovered corruption in the Tennessee State government. With the help of a first-year state representative, the FBI had arrested 50 people including state officials, which led to two state officials committing suicide to avoid trial.
JY1yl Til that in the Philippines extreme poverty has lead to a rising trend of people eating recooked trash called Pagbag
KOjrB TIL that Dr. David W. Hartman is the first blind person to graduate from medical school (since 1872)
ne9dY TIL that faking the Moon landing in 1969 would have costed nearly triple the amount of actually going to the Moon.
oBm1L TIL that the character Oscar the Grouch has gone on record as being a Canadian, though he tries to keep his Canadian identity a secret, because he doesn't want people to like him.