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TIL Ottoman coffee ban (1600s): An Ottoman Sultan outlawed coffee and even executed those who consumed it.

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N7QnE TIL that Mel Blanc, the voice of Barney Rubble, suffered a car crash during production of Season 1 and so the actors would crowd around his hospital bed to record lines while the producers used a built in speaker to direct. Around forty episodes were recorded in such a manner.
kJlOd TIL the Stanley Cup trophy was made out of a decorative silver punch bowl made in Sheffield, England.
KYmG4 TIL the 1970s band ABBA wore tax-deductible stage clothing, which under Swedish law had to be so extravagant or unusual that they couldn't reasonably be worn in everyday life. Band member Björn Ulvaeus in 2014 said, "Nobody can have been as badly dressed on stage as we were."
ArAg TIL that a “blind pig” was a lower-class establishment that sold alcohol during Prohibition (in contrast to a higher-class “speakeasy”). The owner would charge customers to see an attraction (such as an animal) and then serve a “complimentary” alcoholic beverage, thus circumventing the law.
0d0np TIL: Low frequency vibrations may explain incidents where people have reported seeing or feeling the presence of a ghost.