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TIL Cheese is the most stolen food in the world

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x6lOk TIL Phil Ochs' performances at Carnegie Hall got him banned for life. His first show ended prematurely due to a bomb threat. Ochs then cut his thumb open breaking into the box office to give away tickets to disappointed fans. At Ochs second/final show he played to 3am and the power was cut.
a8kK0 TIL: Bamboo will flower and seed every 40-120 years then die off. Because huge areas of bamboo are the same plant, this causes widespread death of bamboo forests, followed by major rat infestations and then famine in parts of the world. It is not known why this happens.
rRMy4 TIL 60 years after the Nuclear Testing at Bikini Atoll, the sunken wrecks of warships are now alive with new life and Coral Reefs
8e6v4 TIL Popcorn icon Orville Redenbacher Died By Drowning in A Hot Tub
N7wQQ TIL that the Catholic Church considers beavers to be fish, fit for consumption on meatless Fridays, due to their semi-aquatic nature.