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TIL Neil Armstrong once sued his barber of 20 years after he sold his hair to a collector for $3,000

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GADdE TIL that banoffee pie was created in 1971 at the Hungry Monk Restaurant in the UK. The chef and owner of the restaurant were trying to replicate a San Francisco recipe for Blum's Coffee Toffee Pie. They added banana to one version of the recipe and it proved very popular with their customers.
lo5D5 TIL: Payless, a brand known for budget-friendly shoes, opened a fake pop-up store called "Palessi" in a Los Angeles mall and invited people to the grand opening. The store was stocked with Payless shoes in disguise. One shopper spent $640 for a pair of boots.
nZXP TIL there are nearly 20 mg of silver per kg of sewage sludge, making it nearly economically recoverable
vPjDR TIL the horns hand gesture was made fashionable in heavy metal cultre by Ronnie James Dio (Black Sabbath), who says it was used by his Italian grandmother to ward off evil
BrLGL TIL about Agnodice, a Greek female physician. She disguised herself as a man because women are not allowed to practice medicine. She got so good that rival physicians accused her of seducing female patients. She was defended by the women and the law against female physicians in Athens are revoked.