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TIL of musician Gary U.S. Bonds (born Gary Levone Anderson), whose label gave him the stage name U.S. Bonds in the hopes of getting him accidental attention through public service announcements advertising the sale of government bonds (i.e. buy U.S. Bonds).

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LmRZ TIL that in Iceland books are exchanged on Christmas Eve & you spend the rest of the night reading. Iceland publishes more books per capita than any other country; & new books are typically published only during the Christmas season. This frenzy is called Jólabókaflóð, or “Christmas Book Flood.”
ANdll TIL that in 1958, a nuclear bomb was accidentally dropped on South Carolina by the US Air Force. It didn’t detonate, but the conventional explosives inside it did, creating a crater 70 feet wide and injuring six people.
oBMro TIL Paul and Linda McCartney used to take full-page advertisements showing John Lennon and Yoko Ono wearing clown costumes and wrapped up in a bag in order to mock them.
awAAN TIL Raccoons in an experiment were able to open 11 of 13 locks in fewer than 10 tries and had no problems repeating the action when the locks were rearranged or turned upside down. They could also remember the solutions to tasks for 3 years.
16e4V TIL in Nov 2014, a stray Ecuadorian dog named Arthur tagged along with a Swedish adventure racing team during a grueling 435 mi jungle race. He swam rivers and trudged through mud beside them. After the finish, Mikael Lindnord adopted him and brought him home to Sweden.