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TIL that after History Channel launched a show called Human Weapon the Discovery Channel aired a copycat show called Fight Quest. Discovery hired an MMA fighter who had defeated the host of History Channel’s show.

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l7RLr TIL Joan Robinson was denied Nobel Prize in Economics because she supported Mao's Economic Policies and of all 93 Economics Nobel Prize winners only 10 winners have been cited more widely than Robinson. Future Nobel Prize winners Joseph Stiglitz and Amartya Sen were the students of hers
wLJo TIL That the Saturday before Labor Day is International Bacon Day (thats tomorrow folks!)
e0Ykn TIL in the “The Wizard Of Oz” movie, the Tin Man cried chocolate syrup instead of actual machine oil as the oil didn’t show up well on film
VMLn4 TIL the Spanish Flu got its name during WWI. No one fighting in the war wanted to admit that thousands of their troops were dying to some fast spreading disease. However, Spain was neutral, so they reported on it, making people think they were the source.
X7rP TIL that all birds of prey check over their shoulders for other predators before striking - except for eagles