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TIL Over 40 Sri Lankan students at University of Kang Ning were tricked into working in Taiwan underground factories and slaughterhouses

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wLDvJ TIL that after the pandemic began, many investors purchased the wrong Zoom stock, getting shares in a defunct Chinese hardware company, instead of the calling app, Zoom Video Communications. This meant that the wrong Zoom stock price soared by 1800% before the SEC stepped in.
m1jEy TIL that Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols once appeared on Judge Judy
Me10b TIL Patrick Stewart didn't know who Sting was when they were working on Dune together, and when he asked him what band he played for and Sting answered "The Police," Stewart responded, "You're in a police band?"
kOy7E TIL - In 1936 there was a serious proposal to build two helicoidal ramps on the side of the Eiffel Tower to allowed visitors to get to the second level without ever leaving their car. (377ft high above the ground)
p87eN TIL a bill was proposed in 1910 to release hippos into the Louisiana bayous, both as a way to clear out invasive river plants and solve a critical shortage of meat. It was backed by Former President Roosevelt and The New York Times, which praised hippo meat as tasting like "lake cow bacon."