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TIL that in 2008 the NHL banned Detroit Zamboni drivers from twirling octopuses over their heads. The ban was later relaxed to allow for some twirling.

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nePYB TIL the term "out of the blue" originates from lightning strikes out of the clear blue sky.
JlK8 TIL Mom (Futurama) was included in the 2007 Forbes list of the richest fictional characters as well as named one of the top ten worst moms ever by time magazine
1aWPP TIL China built a massive solar farm shaped like a giant panda!
4XPYN TIL it’s spelled “champ at the bit,” not “chomp at the bit.”
rPYe TIL of “aerial reforestation” - a process whereby conical canisters which contain a seedling packed in soil and nutrients are dropped from a plane. They could drop as many as 100,000 saplings in a single flight. The system could plant as many as a million trees in one day.