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TIL that Hunter S. Thompson's breakfast consisted of - 4 Bloody Marys, 2grapefruits, a pot of coffee, Rangoon crêpes, a 1/2 pound of either sausage, bacon, or corned-beef hash with diced chilies, a Spanish omelette or eggs Benedict, a quart of milk, a chopped lemon, 2 margaritas & 6 lines of cocaine

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1yWV TIL that Aki Ra - a former child soldier - has devoted his life to removing landmines, and caring for young landmine victims. He has personally removed and destroyed as many as 50,000 landmines from Cambodia, originally using no more than a knife, a hoe, and a stick
0w4aM TIL that the perfect wave shaped blob of toothpaste from commercials is called a “nurdle” and a lawsuit was fought by two leading manufacturers over the right to depict its image.
KNY6 TIL In Germany everyone has to pay for a TV licence by law to fund public broadcasting. They also billed Janosch Städtler repeatedly due to a registration which was filed online by a unkown hoaxer. Attempts of his family to explain that he is a dog remained unheard.
EgkQo TIL Southwest Airlines attempted to use the slogan "Just Plane Smart" which was similar to "Plane Smart," already being used by Stevens Aviation Inc. An exec at Stevens offered to settle it with a winner-take-all arm-wrestling competition. The "Malice in Dallas" event happened on March 20, 1992.
bNL0 TIL I learned the 27th Amendment, proposed in 1789, took over 200 years to be ratified; it was all but forgotten until a law student discovered it in 1982 and campaigned for its ratification.