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TIL about KLM airline deciding the best way to handle a consignment of ground squirrels with incorrect import paperwork was to throw them alive into a shredder they had ready for just such an eventuality

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pYmDp TIL that pro wrestler Jorge "Giant" González, who was billed at 8' tall during his career, is the tallest Argentinian who ever lived, and the overall third tallest person from South America throughout all of recorded history
gE1D TIL Oreo cookies are an imitation of Hydrox cookies, which are set to resume production in 2014
Me5Xm TIL that Burger King launched a $40 million ad campaign in November 1985 called "Where's Herb?" The idea was to find a character named Herb who'd never been to BK. Other chains pointed out that if Herb wasn't at BK, it meant he probably liked other chains' burgers more. BK profits fell 40% in 1986.
OwpY TIL In 1872 A Luddite was badly wounded and locked up. They interrogated him to find the co-conspirators. As his health worsened he called over the interrogator and said “Can you keep a secret?” “Yes!” the interrogator cried. “So can I” said the Luddite and promptly died.
awOao TIL Backstreet Boys and *NSYNC were established by the same financier, Lou Pearlman, who, among numerous other schemes, infamously classified himself as the “sixth member of the band” to siphon profits away from the artists.