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TIL Hawaiian Punch started off as an ice cream topping

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woMAJ TIL In 1877, the annual side-by-side rowing race between Oxford and Cambridge on the Thames River ended in controversy when it was declared a tie. The decision came from the finishing judge, “Honest” John Phelps, who was over 70 years old and reportedly blind in one eye.
0VK1 TIL that the first episode of ‘The Crocodile Hunter’ featured Steve Irwin and his wife, Terry, trapping and handling crocodiles on their honeymoon.
wXZE TIL that bullet-resistant glass can be designed to work one way and not the other
LkOYv TIL that only female honey bees sting, and that males cannot; the drone's stinger has been replaced with a sex organ.
X0pXX TIL Wearing ties was introduced by the Croats but then adopted by the French