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TIL that the Men in Black are an allegedly real phenomenon

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Y76xW TIL that during the 1996 Olympics, Atlanta restaurant The Varsity sold a pin featuring onion rings arranged in the shape of the Olympic rings. The International OIympic Committee felt this was trademark infringement and had the pins banned and confiscated.
GYOog TIL Wolves in Winnipeg zoo dig escape tunnel, end up in polar bear exhibit
7xOb TIL Mormons Banned Black People From The Church Until 1978 When The Church Leaders Had A “Revelation From God” That It Is No Longer Wrong To Be Black
OoPQe TIL that dolphins need to leap out of the water (porpoising) when they’re swimming fast because they need additional oxygen to keep up with the physical exertion.
41j6 TIL of Rocket War, an annual festival on the island of Chios, Greece, where residents of two towns fire 60,000 rockets at each other while trying to hit the rival town’s church bell… while people attend mass inside.