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TIL that in Ohio, one of the first documented criminal rings was the Society of the Banana

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VBX6Z TIL NRBQ served as the unofficial house band for The Simpsons seasons 10-12. Head writer Mike Scully was a big fan of the band and featured their music multiple times. Also NRBQ played the original song Mayonnaise and Marmalade and performed in the end credits for the episode "Take My Wife, Sleaze"
D1wbJ TIL that Akon, a successful artist who won several platinums stopped with music to focus on his humanitarian project "Akon Lighting Africa". This project has installed more than 200.000 solar power systems and are educating people in learning how to use solar power.
d0OB TIL that Ferrero, the company that makes Nutella, Kinder chocolate, Ferrero Rocher, and Tic Tacs, is considered to be both one of the most secretive and most reputable companies in the world.
7JeX TIL in 1999 BMX legend Mat Hoffman flew to Canada to have his ACL replaced. He chose to do so without any anesthesia and even helped the doctor steady the drill as it went through the bone. He was walking and back on his bike 6 days later.
Eg0LP TIL: In Super Mario Brothers on the NES, you can continue where you lost your last life by pressing a+start on the main screen.