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TIL There are 21 different species of fish that can be labeled and sold as “Sardines”.

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kOwQd TIL Winnie-the-Pooh was a real bear. A veterinarian purchased a black bear cub from a hunter on his way to WWI. He named her Winnie for his hometown Winnipeg. Before shipping off to the front, he left her at the London Zoo, where she caught the affection of Christopher Robin, author A.A.Milne's son.
VBG8B TIL That in the original version of The Hobbit, Gollum willingly surrendered the Ring to Bilbo as reward for winning a Riddle Game. However, as Tolkien conceived LOTR, he realized that the Ring's grip on Gollum would never permit him to give it up willingly. Bilbo steals the ring in the 2nd edition.
R5Lx6 TIL that at almost 90 years old, musician/A&M Records co-founder Herb Alpert still performs live.
wWGJ TIL I learned about Goodhart’s Law. Whenever we pick a measurement as an indicator for the economy (or for anything really), it ceases to be a good indicator. Because almost everyone is going to fudge their results to match it.
6VRJ TIL that even though mid-air collisions between 2 aircraft are extremely rare, there has been 1 recorded incident of a mid-air collision involving 3 aircraft in 1988.