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TIL that in 2006, Wikipedia had to permanently block all IP’s from the U.S. Congress. Why? Because they wouldn’t stop editing each others pages.

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j6R8a TIL the soccer match between Columbus and Cincinnati is called the “Hell Is Real derby”
NDne TIL a Master-Level NY Baker claims he was fired after reporting to his employer the that flour used for making bread was infested with insects. His boss told him to just go ahead and use the infested flour for multi-grain bread, presumably because customers would not be concerned about the crunch.
jEGn TIL only 2 people (to date) have beaten George Costanza’s fictional Frogger high score of 860,630 points.
4ZXo TIL that Japan’s deadliest animal is the Japanese giant hornet with around 30-40 annual fatalities, more than bear and snake deaths combined.
kRYm TIL there is a theory known as the “Mandela Effect” which states we might be living in parallel universes due to many people having the same ‘false memories’ of past events that did or did not happen.