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TIL: Why don’t we eat rabbits? - The Straight Dope

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dMgQ TIL that Blockbuster laughed in the face of the Netflix CEOs when they proposed their initial ideas. Ironically they are the ones that put them out of business.
X60k TIL that the U.S. Military has an official ban in place on all of Soulja Boy’s music
6jD7 TIL that in 1974, the Cleveland Indians (a Major League Baseball Team), hosted a “Ten Cent Beer Night”, without a limit to the number of purchases. A beer-fueled riot in the ninth inning forced the game to be forfeited, and victory given to the visiting team, the Texas Rangers.
RL8l TIL each of the four major professional sports leagues in the U.S. has a contingency plan if, God forbid, an entire team were to perish in a plane crash.
D1aMv TIL of a Greek wedding tradition that brides write the names of their single girlfriends on the bottom of their wedding day shoes, and the first woman’s name to be erased will be the next to get married.