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TIL that as part of the contract for appearing on Shark Tank, if you mention the name of any company you own then Shark Tank automatically owns 5% of that company or gets 2% of the lifetime profits. This is true whether the Sharks make a deal with that person or not, and prevents free advertising.

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YpoOG TIL at 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake, Canadian ice makers secretly hid a loonie (dollar coin) at center ice of the hockey rink. After both Canadian men and women hockey teams won gold, the "lucky loonie" was put in the Hockey Hall of Fame. Canadians still hide coins at the Olympics for luck.
ANRwo TIL: A declassified CIA project 'OXYGAS' had trained dolphins to place explosives on enemy ships
Z5lY TIL the main cast of “It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia” created the pilot of the show themselves, for under $200 before it was picked up by FX.
wLVpo TIL that Switzerland has no president - instead it has a seven member Swiss Federal Council with shared power
nWQo TIL an Australian farmer protested government-imposed wheat quotas by ceding from Australia and creating his own country. This was 40 years ago. The country still exists, and he’s the king.