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Br4Pe TIL that after Brazil's defeat in FIFA World Cup Final 1998, a parliamentary hearing into Nike's role in the national squad saw Brazilian senators ask football players questions such as "Whose role was it to mark Zidane"?
wLW9Y TIL In 1982, Heinz-Josef Große, a 34 year old East German construction worker at the Inner German border attempted to escape with the help of his backhoe. He breached various obstacles including the border fence only to be cut down halfway up a hill just several feet/meters from West German soil.
N7mQb TIL in 2014 four black bears in New Hampshire were found dead of heart failure after eating 90 pounds of chocolate and donuts placed at a bait site.
W7yeL TIL that some butterflies drink tears to survive
pn9b TIL that a whiskey company once gave out branding irons as part of a sales promotion, resulting in some customers inevitably requiring emergency surgery.