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TIL that from 1969 to 1991, Fisher-Price was owned by Quaker Oats

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7r77r TIL The World Anti-Doping Agency restricted the use of caffeine in all Olympic events until 2004. The bar to fail a drug test for caffeine was 12 microgram/ml in urine, which means an Olympic athlete would have ingested the equivalent of 8 espressos in a few hours.
BgeoD TIL while filming a scene in Seven where he's chasing John Doe in the rain, Brad Pitt fell & his arm went thru a car windshield, requiring surgery. This was written into the script to explain Pitt's cast. Coincidentally, the original script did call for Pitt to be injured in the scene (differently).
0wK6v TIL that after the Six Day War, Egypt closed down the Suez Canal in 1967 with 15 ships still on it. They remained stuck there for eight years, with the boat crew members forming the Great Bitter Lake Association. The GBLA had social clubs, its own version of an Olympics, and even stamps.
19or TIL in 2014 two undercover cops working independently of each other tried to bust each other in a sting operation without realizing who the other was.
LWed TIL Perfluorodecalin can store about a quarter its weight in oxygen, making it a potentially breathable liquid for humans