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TIL Chong (from Cheech and Chong) shared a cell with the Wolf of Wallstreet Jordan Belfort when he went to jail for financing his son's bong company.

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ZpoLv TIL the crash of NLM CityHopper Flight 431 on October 6, 1981, near Moerdijk, Netherlands, remains the only widely recognized case of a commercial plane being brought down by a tornado
oBgm7 Today I learned with enough Watermelons, you can block an Artillery shot!
rRynw TIL that in medievel England, eels were used and accepted , to an extent, as currency, mostly in rental agreements. Many rental agreements, where the landlord would stipulate the rent due in "eel currency" were found. 25 eels would be a "stick". 10 sticks a bind.
yVX9a TIL that for two years, Irish police had been looking for a 'Prawo Jazdy', a reckless driver with over 50 offenses, only to learn that 'prawo jazdy' is Polish for 'driver's license'
GYM5Q TIL that the Corinth Canal's construction was started in the first century but abandoned and completed only in 1893