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TIL in 2019 Zimbabwe spent £118,000 on 64 judges' wigs from a London based company

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x66w1 TIL polar bears have transparent hollow fur and black skin
OogD4 TIL that Dan Castellaneta, the voice of Homer Simpson, guest-starred in a 1992 episode of L.A. Law as a fired theme park employee who wore a Homer Simpson costume.
w4eY TIL that the captain of the Costa Condordia has yet to serve any of his prison sentence, and even taught a panic management course two years after he panicked and abandoned his ship before any passengers could get off.
Aeja TIL Patrick Stewart (age 76) is married to a 38 year old American woman
dbkj TIL during OJ Simpson’s verdict announcement trading on the New York Stock Exchange dropped 41% and that so much work stopped across the world to watch, an estimated $480 million was lost in productivity.