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TIL Disney has a code word for when guests attempt to scatter ashes at one of their theme parks: a "white powder alert"

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9wyv6 TIL that McDonald’s redesigned their coffee stirrers because they were being used as cocaine spoons. In fact, in some cities a dose of coke was referred to as a McSpoon. Today, instead of small spoons, McDonalds has flat paddles for stirring coffee.
lBxK TIL that every Autumn, the Spartans had a period wherein their young men would go into the countryside with daggers and kill slaves without punishment as part of a “manhood test”
Zp97p TIL that Homo sapiens were not the first farmers in Earth's history. Ants have been farming fungus for over 60 million years.
VMxK8 TIL bears make a purring sound somewhat like a cat when they are comfortable or eating a special treat or, for young bears, nursing. They make tongue click sounds when they are approaching other bears to mate or play.
ZpYQv TIL that between the 9th and 12th centuries Dublin was a major centre for slave trading by the Vikings. Slaves were taken from places such as Ireland, Scotland, England and Spain. They were sold as far away as Iceland and Anatolia.