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TIL It’s illegal to whistle in Petrolia, Ontario
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TIL that British banking giant HSBC admitted to laundering billions of dollars for Colombian and Mexican drug cartels and violating a host of important banking laws (from the Bank Secrecy Act to the Trading With the Enemy Act), but there were no criminal charges and no one went to prison.
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TIL the word for being angry at packaging is 'Wrap Rage', shoutout to battery packs!
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TIL–As Zelda Fitzgerald, Author F.Scott Fitzgerald’s wife, emerged from the anesthesia after giving birth, Scott recorded Zelda saying, “I hope it’s beautiful and a fool—a beautiful little fool.” This was a line later used for Daisy Buchanan within the Great Gatsby.
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TIL Tom Holland, who played the eponymous character in Spider-Man: Homecoming, actually attended The Bronx High School of Science, which Peter Parker's school was based on, for a few days to prepare for his role as Spider-Man.
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TIL Some airplane cushions have charcoal filters in them to stealthily hide farts due to the change in air pressure