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TIL Asbestos was used as fake snow in early Hollywood in films such as, “The Wizard of Oz”

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6Row TIL in 2007 Boston Police Department shut down waterways, highways, and bridges after mistakenly identifing battery-powered LED placards of characters from the Adult Swim show Aqua Teen Hunger Force as improvised explosive devices. The devices were being used as a guerrilla marketing campaign.
nWdjP TIL that in the 1930s, a family on the Isle of Man claimed to live with a talking mongoose named Gef who described himself as “an extra extra clever mongoose”.
rNd9y TIL the shortest-ever NHL career was 7.6 seconds, when Jorge Alves entered the game as an Emergency Backup Goalie for the Carolina Hurricanes
e00Zb TIL a "Lifetime Warranty" only covers an estimated lifespan of a product (which can just be a couple of months or years) and does not necessarily equal an actual human lifetime
E1RNw TIL the most expensive vehicle registration plate number in Switzerland, "VS 1", was auctioned off for CHF 150'000 ($148,632 in 2017). Registration plates with low serial numbers or specific patterns ("TI 111 111") are very popular and are usually auctioned off.