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TIL that people used to believe geese grew on trees
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TIL: The CIA introduced LSD to Ken Kesey, who in turn carried on with the acid test parties. Creating the hippie movement we know today.
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TIL that in 2015, the NFL was flooded with complaints from colorblind fans after staging a Bills/Jets game in which the Bills wore all red and the Jets wore all green. It was supposed to be a "Color Rush" game celebrating the 50th anniversary of the NFL's first color transmission.
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TIL that Lucius Cincinnatus, a Roman statesman and military leader was given absolute power to rule the empire when it was attacked. After his victory, he immediately resigned his post as Dictator and went back to farming. The city of Cincinnati is named in his honor.
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TIL Levi's Jeans helped create Casual Fridays in workplaces all over the world, taking inspiration from the Hawaiian Fashion Guild's 'Aloha Fridays' which were designed to sell more Aloha shirts in Hawaii.
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TIL Trey Parker almost made an action movie about a mentally disabled 9-year-old boy defending his small Colorado town from being destroyed by eight-foot-tall monsters that live in the mountains, but had to ultimately quit the project to pursue South Park.