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TIL Many Rich people buy fine art to evade taxes

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E1lOp TIL in the manga One Outs (1998-2006), A team used camera to steal opponent's signs and used drums to communicate the signs to the players. Almost exactly the same scheme was used by the Houston Astros more than 10 years later.
Ld6P TIL the first telephone operators were boys. However, they quickly earned a reputation for being rude and abusive to callers. Young women were hired soon after as they didn’t swear as much (and were faster).
d8nZ9 Today I learned that chocolate milk was originally made as a medicine
LX8p TIL when Mel Blanc went into a coma in 1961, his doctors got him to communicate by addressing him as Bugs Bunny. Blanc responded in character but did not remember the conversations.
KOr7G TIL pig udders stuffed with salted sea urchins were a coveted appetizer at the banquets of aristocratic ancient Romans, who were also known to fatten snails with milk before frying them. Boiled flamingo with dates was another elite delicacy.