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TIL an early duty of Best Man was to serve as armed backup for the groom, in case he had to resort to kidnapping his bride.

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epwwE TIL that OMEGA, Olympic Games official timekeepers and scorers since 1932, had asked organizers before the 1976 Games whether the scoreboards needed to accommodate four digits. They were told it was not necessary. As a result, when Nadia Comaneci performed a perfect routine, the timer showed 1.00.
b9GJa TIL about a species called the pied hoverfly (Scaeva pyrastri). It has copied the appearance of a wasp but it’s white. They do this to fool their natural enemies into not eating them because wasp are poisonous. So if u ever see one, don't worry it's harmless. (See link for photo’s)
PYxoe TIL Erik the Red was a Viking who was exiled from Norway for murder so he moved to Iceland but again was exiled for murder. So he took 500 men & women, founded Greenland, & declared himself chieftain.
PYd7Z TIL the movie “Catfish” will likely never be profitable due to a lawsuit from a recording company over a song heard in the film central to the plot of him being catfished
pYEnZ TIL that in some parts of Indias and Pakistan, people smoke powdered scorpions to get an opium-like high