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M7eo7 TIL about the Assassin's teapot, a two chamber teapot originating from China that was used to poison enemies by dispensing different types of liquid depending on which hole is covered.
4Xrw6 TIL Alcohol's measurement is coined "proof" because, during the 1500s, England would increase taxes on drinks containing a higher percentage of alcohol. They would measure this is by soaking gunpowder in the alcohol and trying to ignite it. If it ignited, this was "proof" that it had a high content.
WkvQB TIL that Robert Stack voiced a role in the film Beavis and Butt-Head Do America. He was so concerned that the producers of Unsolved Mysteries would fire him for appearing in the movie that he paid a lawyer $550 to have his name removed from the credits. He only earned $500 for the movie.
R51v9 TIL that in 1986, a sudden degassing of Lake Nyos in Cameroon released 1.6 million tons of Carbon Dioxide and killed 1,746 people and 3000 livestock from various villages within 16 miles of the lake
b96a4 TIL When Tim Schafer, co-designer of Secret of Monkey Island was being interviewed for LucasArts, he said he was a big fan of LucasArts' game "Ballblaster". The interviewer told him the game was named "Ballblazer" and only the pirated copies were named "Ballblaster"