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TIL that the reason the Colorado Rockies mascot is a triceratops is because a dinosaur rib bone was unearthed during the stadium’s excavation

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VMKG TIL the Federal Reserve secretly gave out $16,000,000,000,000 in a 0 % “all inclusive loan program” to failing banks and corporations all around the world
m1map TIL that Henry Hill, whose life was the basis for the movie Goodfellas, was kicked out of the witness protection program in the 1990s and lived until he was 69
DGVV TIL A Bachelorette type TV show aired in the UK where, unbeknownst to the contestants the, ‘Bachelorette’ was a pre-op transexual woman the whole time.
d8OpZ TIL that “Weird Al” Yankovic sought permission from Coolio before making “Amish Paradise”, offering a percentage of the revenues, but he declined. Coolio later stated that it was a stupid decision and that he wished somebody had stopped him.
6Epvm TIL Grammy-winning reggae artist Shaggy served in the United States Marine Corps from 1988-1991 and was deployed to Saudi Arabia during the Gulf War. He reached the rank of Lance Corporal, but was later demoted for returning to base late from a weekend trip to his music studio