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TIL Squidward Tentacles isn’t a squid, but a six-legged octopus.

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OGZBY TIL in 1960 Tom and James Monaghan bought DomiNick's, a small pizzeria, for $1400. Not wanting to quit his full-time job as a postman, James traded his half of the business to Tom for the VW Beetle they used for deliveries. Tom would later buy two more pizzerias and found Domino's Pizza.
VBky4 TIL about Don‘s Plum, the movie Leonardo Di Caprio fought against in court and won which has stopped its release to the big screen. If however you want to see it, you can mail the writer at freedonsplum@gmail.com and he’ll happily provide you with an URL to watch the movie with a very misogynist Leo
LkxVP TIL of the ancient law of General Average. If a ship carrying cargo is required to jettison some of its load to save the rest, the loss of the cargo is to be shared proportionally among interest holders. First written in law in 800BC, it continues to be declared in present-day maritime emergencies.
rNDBW TIL that Bartolomé de las Casas was a Spanish priest who kept insisting to the crown of Spain that the war against the native americans was deeply immoral and a sin. It's interesting because we consider it to be a recent idea, but this man was born in 1484.
JYj4k TIL If you're kidnapped and given the choice of which finger will be removed, the pinky should be your last choice. Your thumb and pinky are the two most opposable digits and form the basis of your grip. The index finger of your non-dominant hand is the best choice.