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TIL There have only been four official Stanley Cup engravers. The fourth and current one, Montreal silversmith Louise St. Jacques, has held the position since 1988.

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d7kQ TIL that from 2000-2001 in California, traders at the now defunct company, Enron, manipulated the price of energy by shutting down power grids causing rolling blackouts. These blackouts would increase demand for energy and thus cause the price to surge sometimes 20x above it’s normal value.
4XrJa TIL that Lurleen Wallace, the first female governor of Alabama, was elected after term limits prohibited her husband, noted segregationist George Wallace, from running again. She had married at 16 and had never held a paying job prior to becoming governor.
5Y5jk TIL that in 1993 A 21.94m (72ft) condom was fitted over the Obelisque in Place de la Concorde, Paris, France to mark World AIDS Day.
MLxb TIL When a species of slime mold was exposed to conditions simulating Tokyo’s topography, it formed a copy of the city’s railway system.
QKDp TIL the three actors who were in ‘The Blair Witch Project’ were listed as “Missing, presumed dead” on IMDb before the movie’s release as part of one of the greatest viral marketing campaigns ever.