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TIL Lego was saved from bankruptcy by the release of the Bionicle

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8a0x4 TIL that Johnny Appleseed, of American folklore fame, may have been planting apples that were good for eating, but suitable for making hard cider from. He was basically going around planting apples to eventually turn into booze, and that is why he was so welcome wherever he went.
nWGao TIL a group of engineering students from Purdue University built a licking machine to learn that it took 364 licks to get the the center of a tootsie pop. A conflicting mechanical licker built by a University of Michigan student took 411 licks. When licked manually, studies have taken 144-252 licks.
ElyW TIL when George R.R. Martin was young, he wrote stories about a mythical kingdom populated by his pet turtles. The turtles died frequently in their toy castle, so he finally decided they were killing each other off in “sinister plots”.
kJB1B TIL Tommy Lee Jones sells coffee in Japan
pJLO [TIL] that a reservoir near LA was covered with black balls to keep the sun out.