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TIL It is Illegal in the US to Grow Wheat in Your Backyard.

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oKjK TIL that Crispin Glover wasn’t actually in Back to the Future 2; it was all spliced archival footage from BTF1. He sued Spielberg for doing that and won.
1l4d [TIL] Locks of Love uses very few of the hair donations they receive to make wigs for disadvantaged children
wLgQM TIL of Margaret Howe Lovett’s sexual relations with a Dolphin during a NASA funded communications study. Lovett manually relieved Peter of urges to keep him focused. LSD was also used to aid the dolphins in speaking. Peter learned 2 words but killed himself when the study ended. ‬
loRZV TIL a New Zealand wild Kea parrot snatched £600 from the van of a Scottish tourist out taking photos; a Canadian couple told him: "We’ve just seen that bird take something out of your van." He reported the theft to police who laughed. Kea are known car vandals, reported to break off wing mirrors.
oBQjK TIL that Cracker Jack became the longest running product placement in American history thanks to the song “Take Me Out to the Ball Game”