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TIL of Terrible Ted, a bear that fought in commercially promoted wrestling matches against humans from the 50s through the 70s.

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j66YE TIL that there are around 50-60 blue faience hippopotamus statuettes that survived from Ancient Egypt. Due to the danger hippos posed in the wild, they often snapped off the legs of hippopotamus statuettes before placing them in tombs, so the hippos wouldn’t be able to eat the soul of the deceased.
OGxDL TIL that, on 2 October 1766, a riot started an Nottingham's Goose Fair when locals began looting and hundreds of cheese wheels were rolled through the streets. The military were deployed to keep order and opened fire on the crowds. The event is known as the Great Cheese Riot.
E1Amw TIL Volvo renamed their Cream Yellow paint color "Faded Yellow" in Australia, because they knew the paint would eventually fade under the Australian sun due to the technology at the time.
N7P96 TIL the official name of Mexico is "The United States of Mexico".
PNyg TIL Samuel Coleridge perceived the entire course of Kubla Khan, a poem, in a dream, but was interrupted by a visitor from Porlock while in the process of writing it. Kubla Khan was never completed. Thus “Person from Porlock” is an allusion to intruders who disrupt creativity.