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TIL that up until 2006, Nike used sulfur hexafluoride as the filling gas for their line of Air Max shoes

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QbVp TIL In 1996, a painting was stolen from the Museum of Bad Art. The museum offered a reward of six dollars and fifty cents for its return, and the purported thief demanded a $5,000 ransom ten years later. It was returned with no ransom paid.
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