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TIL It’s the Hula Hoops 50th Birthday

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NXb7M TIL of Jean-Simon Bibeau, the longest portrayer of any mascot in any professional sport. He portrayed Youppi! for the Montreal Expos from 1988-1990 and the Montreal Canadiens from 2003 to the present day
m1E7O TIL in 2017, Harvard Rescinded Acceptance Offers to over 10 Students After Sharing Memes in a Private Facebook Group | The Harvard Crimson
MeNrW TIL That Ernest Hemingway became paranoid and believed the FBI was spying on him. He was treated with electroshock. Turns out, he was really being spied on, and it was Edgard Hoover who personally placed him under surveillance.
wLay1 TIL that chicken nuggets were invented by a poultry and food science professor at Cornell University in the ‘60s.
rNB84 TIL that the reason we have blue raspberry flavor is because red dye no. 2 (the one traditionally used for raspberry) was considered harmful. The flavor was popularized by ICEE.