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TIL that in 2007 a marketing campaign for Aqua Teen Hunger Force led to a bomb scare and 2 million dollars in damages

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vyGB TIL that in the 1850s, the Xhosa killed all their cattle and burned all their crops because “the spirits told them to”. ~40,000 people starved to death.
Eg5eW TIL Al Qaeda called out Iran for peddling 9/11 conspiracy theories.
v4A4 TIL a gladiator named Asteropaeus fought 107 times and survived to retire
7redL TIL the Carménère grape was considered extinct. That was until 1994 when a oenologist went to Chile and discovered that the Merlot he was tasting was, in fact, Carménère. Turns out the grape was accidentally planted and preserved when it was mistaken for Merlot.
4kNOg TIL that vomitoriums in ancient Rome were the exits to stadiums and theaters which spewed crowds into the streets. They had nothing to do with purging to eat more.