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TIL Eggs Benedict Was Invented As A Hangover Cure

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bdMp TIL of the word “dumbsize”: to reduce the staff numbers of a company to such low levels that work can no longer be carried out effectively.
kXl7 TIL that John Morales, the performer who played McGruff the Crime Dog, was put behind bars after police found 1,000 pot plants and a grenade launcher in his possession.
kOpeB TIL that Andrés Escobar, a Colombian national team soccer player, was murdered by drug lords in retaliation for accidentally scoring a goal against his own team in the 1994 World Cup. The killer shouted "Goal!" with each bullet he put in Escobar.
VMx5Z TIL that a comic book writer adopted two black daughters and wanted a comic book character they could relate to, so he made Miles Morales
v0WK TIL that the Rhinoceros Party of Canada, a satirical, federally registered political party in Canada, received 1.01% of the popular vote in the 1980 federal election campaigning to repeal the law of gravity and provide higher education by building taller schools, among other promises.