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TIL Disney filed to trademark “Seal Team 6” shortly after the Bin Ladden raid but withdrew after the navy filed their own trademark applications

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xLdw TIL that there is a hostage negotiation stragedy called “Bringing Home the Bacon” where negotiators fry bacon outside of the hostage area, making the hostage taker hungry from the smell and more willing to negotiate.
5V1D9 TIL the echo effect used in Duane Eddy’s 1958 instrumental hit “Rebel Rouser” was achieved using a 2,000-gallon water tank the studio had purchased from a junkyard
XEboE TIL Japan has its own version of Bigfoot and it's called Hibagon.
vPmQ4 TIL in 2015 ICE set up the University of Farmington, a fake university as a sting operation to catch students illegally extending their visas. They charged the students thousands of dollars, deported them, and kept the money.
EwOX TIL that Ava Gardner once swam naked in a pool belonging to Ernest Hemingway. He ordered that the water never be changed.