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TIL that in 2006, an anti-scammer convinced an email scammer to send him a detailed wooden carving of a Commodore 64.

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M7bnb TIL that Mars Inc., (yes, the candy company) is the largest owner of stand-alone veterinary clinics in the United States
OMg7 TIL That in 2011, Ketchup was banned in French School Cafeterias on the grounds that it posed a threat to the national cuisine
awyQL TIL: The three horizontal black lines on the side of a school bus are there for emergency responders. In an emergency where the doors and windows can't be opened and they need to cut into the bus, the lines show the positions of the floor boards, the bottom of the seats, and the top of the seats.
loyMa TIL many countries won't allow you to donate blood if you lived in the UK for more than six months between 1980-1996. This is because of concerns around blood-borne transmission of BSE/vCJD, colloquially referred to as Mad Cow Disease.
OgDY TIL Emperor Napoleon III of France in an ostentatious display of wealth had a set of plates made from aluminum that was only used at state banquets by only the most important guests. Less important guests had to settle using those of gold.