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TIL The longest cricket test match in history lasted nine days and ended in a draw

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V98Q TIL that the killer of Jacob Wetterling, an 11-year-old boy who was kidnapped in 1989 and went missing for 26 years, was actually questioned by the FBI less than two months after the boy’s abduction, but was let go. In 2016, he confessed to the killing – but he will not be charged.
mxndy TIL that, when Dan Aykroyd was developing Crystal Head Vodka, he thought there would be a trademark conflict with "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull", a meeting between Aykroyd and director Steven Spielberg resulted in the drink being served at the movie's premiere
x6ZVk TIL Nintendo’s Game Boy got its name as a riff on Sony’s Walk Man.
7r9AZ TIL: The “Veuve” in Veuve Clicquot means widow. Madame Cliquot is considered the world’s first international businesswoman. Taking over her dead husband’s business at 27, she was only legally allowed to run it because she was a widow.
pVop TIL there’s a Burger King in Finland with a nude sauna built in. You can also bring the food you bought and eat in there.