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TIL Bob Barker donated 5 million USD to help purchase a ship which is used in anti whaling and anti illegal fishing operations. The ship was christened the M/Y Bob Barker.

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0o4N TIL that for 6 years a security guard at the company that did McDonald’s marketing and promotions stole game pieces worth $24 Million, netting $1 Million in kickbacks for himself as he could not redeem prizes himself.
b9Qd0 TIL Liberty Island — which the Statue of Liberty stands on — belongs to New York, but the waters around it belong to New Jersey.
Zpwm4 TIL that Andrew Watson was the first professional black football player, accepting a paid position at Bootle FC from 1887, and prior to that he was also the first black international player, having captained the (amateur) Scotland national team in 1881
8ewa TIL that the first actor to say “Goddamn” on Broadway had to turn his back on the audience, as saying it whilst facing them would have been “too shocking”
Bra7b TIL of Godwin's Law which asserts: As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Hitler approaches