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TIL in Curling, custom dictates that after every match, the winners buy losers a round of drinks

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Q6GM TIL, FBI agent John Patrick O'Neill warned of the looming threat of Al Qaeda and was convinced a major attack was in the works. Due to conflict of interests he was reassigned as head of security for the WTC and died on 9/11 less than a month on the job

X0ap8 TIL in 1979, the descendants of the famous feuding Hatfield and McCoy families appeared on a special week-long taping of Family Feud. A pig was kept on stage during the games. The McCoys won 3-2, but the Hatfields won more money total

BrO7x TIL that Pacific Bell spent $40 million to put its employees through a training program based on the teachings of Russian mystic George Gurdjieff—to supposedly open their eyes to a "higher-level" consciousness. The program was halted after the Californian utility regulator launched a public inquiry.

4X49b TIL that prior to his death, Roger Ebert enjoyed the film Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, calling it "without a doubt the best film we are ever likely to see on the subject".

JY5gk TIL The Alaska Native Veterans Program of 2019 allows Alaska Native Veterans who served in the Vietnam era, or an heir of theirs, to claim between 2.5 and 160 acres of land in Alaska.