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TIL There was a Confederate ship that circumnavigated the world attacking Union merchant ships. It did not have a single war causality and eventually surrendered in Liverpool, England after the Civil War ended

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PkkV TIL when Yao Ming played his first game in Miami, the Heat promoted the game by passing out 8,000 fortune cookies. Yao wasn’t offended because he had never seen a fortune cookie, and assumed it was an American invention
1605D TIL: North Korea has their own video game consoles. One is the Moranbong, a mix between the Wii and a Kinect. However, it is in reality a Subor G80 from China. The promotional images were also copied from Nintendo and Microsoft. The games include Contra.
R69j TIL that as part of the contract for appearing on Shark Tank, if you mention the name of any company you own then Shark Tank automatically owns 5% of that company or gets 2% of the lifetime profits. This is true whether the Sharks make a deal with that person or not, and prevents free advertising.
b6oM7 TIL that Germany has a provision called “Apple Juice Paragraph”. At least one non-alcoholic drink must be at most as expensive as the cheapest alcoholic drink, which is often apple juice. It’s supposed to prevent people from ordering an alcoholic beverage just because it’s cheaper.
M7Pb8 TIL the popular 90’s clothing brand Big Dogs got its name during a river-rafting trip when a group of friends loved their oversized shorts so much that one shouted, “Man, these puppies are BIG!”