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TIL Google once hired a camel to do street-view photography.

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p8gbO TIL Hank Williams Jr.’s signature look of a beard, sunglasses and Cowboy hat is due in part to a near-fatal rock climbing accident in the 70s that shattered his skull and required significant rehab to even speak again
mBxP TIL that the 1918 flu pandemic is often called the Spanish flu because Spain didn’t fake and minimise the data about the dead like Germany, Britain, France and the USA.
p8WJN TIL that one can die from laughter. Chrysippus of Soli, a Greek stoic philosopher is said to have died this way at the age of 73. As he watched a donkey eat some figs he died in a fit of laughter.
0w6gR TIL about the French Bread Law of 1993, which outlines specific rules for the sale of bread in France. Specifically, baguettes can not be frozen before sale and must be made fresh with no additives. It even specifies a maximum pH level and bacteria counts for sourdough starters.
gmZX TIL Tom hanks is related to Abraham Lincoln through Lincoln’s mother Nancy Hanks