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TIL John Harrison, the official taste-tester for Dreyer’s Ice Cream, insured his tongue for 1,000,000.

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kObJg TIL that sharks are older than trees
4VJ6 TIL: Hollywood has had a population of feral chickens living under a freeway since the 70s. Nobody knows how they got there and all efforts to remove them have failed.
0dJn1 TIL it was Ben Sliney’s first day as FAA’s National Operations Manager when he ordered the National Ground Stop on Sept. 11, 2001.
Xg8 TIL Yellowstone was the world’s first national park, and sometimes called “America’s best idea.”
9w6yQ TIL the MPAA attempted to outlaw VCRs in the early-1980s, and Mr. Fred Rogers spoke out against their decision and publicly defended the new technology.