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TIL that commercial fishing used to deliberately surround, trap and drown dolphins that would get in the way of the tuna which led to a government act to protect and label tuna caught without harming dolphins as “dolphin safe” tuna.

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KOWVa TIL A local store manager of the "Hooters" restaurant did an internal promotion, saying that whichever waitress sold the most beer during the following month would win a free Toyota. When the contest was over, She received a "Toy Yoda". She sued the restaurant and won the case.
PLNG TIL Stephen King once called Glenn Beck “satan’s mentally challenged younger brother”
JeEV TIL in 2011, a Siberian girl went hiking with her boyfriend and they were both eaten alive by bears. She survived long enough to call her mom and say goodbye, only for the bear to bring the cubs back and finish her off.
xoV5 TIL that famous mathematician Kurt Gödel starved himself to death. He was obsessed with the idea of being poisoned, and would only eat food prepared by his wife. When his wife was hospitalized for six months, he refused to eat, eventually dying of malnutrition.
Avmn TIL Kurt Russell was the civilian pilot who witnessed the infamous mass UFO sighting in Phoenix Arizona in 1997 (AKA the “Phoenix Lights”)