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TIL that in 2015 Comedian Will Ferrell played in the MLB for Spring Training, playing for 10 teams and was once traded to the Cubs for a washing machine.

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7wD7 TIL that the Denver police uses a Smelloscope to find pot smokers that don’t comply with the Denver “odour ordinance”
oBgRR TIL about the Bigfin Squid. The arms and tentacles of this beast are believed to be between 4-8 m (13-26 ft) long. These appendages are held perpendicular to the body, creating "elbows". These squids drag their long arms across ocean floor and pick up anything they catch to eat.
KOeGa TIL-A pivotal point in Chris Gardner's life (The Pursuit of Happyness) occurred when he saw a stockbroker in a red Ferrari. After becoming a successful businessman, he would later buy a black Ferrari from Michael Jordan with the license place-NOT MJ.
v1l1R TIL - After selling its temple, a small B.C. Sikh community gave the funds back to its town - BC
ZLZY TIL an ex-member of Pink Floyd, in “a real act of mad genius,” pranked the band by writing a seemingly simple song that the band could never learn; each time they rehearsed it, he would arbitrarily change the chords, then sing it back to them to correct them. It was called “Have You Got It Yet?”