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TIL Norwegian stock fish is very popular in Nigeria, as Stockfish was sent there by Norway as humanitarian aid during the Biafra war and its accompanying famine

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YpXXA TIL Pearl Jam discovered Ticketmaster was adding a service charge to all their concert tickets without informing the band. The band then created their own outdoor stadiums for the fans and testified against Ticketmaster to the United States Department of Justice
dOVK TIL: tradition says that when entering a house or any other building, samurais had to leave their katana with a servant, but the wakizashi (a shorter katana) could be worn at all times and places. This is why the wakizashi is often called the samurai’s side arm
dKWE TIL That a Hard Drive’s data can be viewed with a proper Microscope
xVYp1 TIL that newborn baby girls can experience a "mini-period" due to the withdrawal from their mother's estrogen
DQklJ TIL “Silver Springs”, written by Stevie Nicks for Fleetwood Mac should have been on the hit album Rumors but it was cut. It was released later and took years to become a hit. Nicks was pissed that it was cut from Rumors as she had gifted the royalties to her mom.