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TIL that “WKRP in Cincinnati” recorded on videotape rather than film because it made the music licensing rights cheaper

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ORmR TIL that the number of holes on a golf course, 18, is a completely arbitrary number chosen by St. Andrews Links course in 1764, and other courses simply copied them.
DQ4xv TIL that 20 of the top 100 US companies, by revenue, are just monetizing our health.
WbbL TIL it’s illegal to “pursue, shoot, shoot at, poison, wound, kill, capture, trap, collect, molest or disturb” a bald eagle in the US
6EKn7 TIL: Ingesting around 600 freshly ground cherry pits would provide enough cyanide to kill a 150 lb person
7redL TIL the Carménère grape was considered extinct. That was until 1994 when a oenologist went to Chile and discovered that the Merlot he was tasting was, in fact, Carménère. Turns out the grape was accidentally planted and preserved when it was mistaken for Merlot.