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TIL Pablo Escobar (A Columbian Drug Dealer) spent over $1000 a week on rubber bands, just to wrap his stacks of cash

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MeMW7 TIL the scene in 'The Breakfast Club' in which all characters sit in a circle on the floor of the library and tell stories about why they were in detention was not scripted. John Hughes told them all to ad-lib.
oB8oL TIL your lamp that clicks twice to turn on/off is a 3-stage lamp. If you use the proper bulb, it actually has a low, medium, and high setting. But since most lightbulbs aren't that fancy, they only work on in the medium and high setting, meaning you'll have to click twice to turn it on and off.
yQLQe TIL “E pluribus unum” (Latin for "Out of many, one" and in use since 1776) was replaced by Congress in 1956 with “In God we trust” as the official motto of the USA.
gpk9 TIL Blue Raspberry was created for use in snow cones due to concerns over FD&C Red No. 2 dye; the research that deemed it safe had been sponsored by the companies producing the dye. The artificial flavor we know as raspberry was primarily created from banana, cherry, and pineapple esters (essences).
7XdX TIL Mattel sued Aqua for their song “Barbie Girl” but the judge ruled “The parties are advised to chill”