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TIL Jason Lee is no longer a Scientologist

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D1A1j TIL that Häagen-Dazs has no ties to Denmark. Reuben Mattus, its inventor, named the company as such and printed a map of Denmark on the box in the 1960s because he believed that the foreign connection would appeal to American customers.
LQoAV TIL Kim Jong-il's famous five hole-in-one golf record turns out to be a simple journalistic mistake—reporters incorrectly interpreted his scorecard which had been filled out in shorthand by the scorekeeper, and ended up reporting his score wrong.
jNDOX TIL Kerry King from Slayer played the guitar solos on "Fight For Your Right (To Party)" and "No Sleep Til Brooklyn" by The Beastie Boys
MeR0W TIL of Brian Banks, a star football player with a promising NFL career, who was sent to prison at 17 after being accused of sexual violence. After serving 5 years in prison, the woman confessed she made it up. Although he was acquitted, his dream NFL career never happened and she never served time.
lVr5 TIL in 2011 a 9 yr old dog was hit by a car and injured. The driver’s insurance company considered the dog totaled, and stopped paying for the animals recovery.