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TIL a barcode reader actually reads the white space, not the black

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eLy4 TIL that the fastest red card in a football match was given too Lee Todd in just 2 seconds for saying “Fuck me that was loud” when the Ref blew his whistle
4XyB6 TIL that Alexander Godunov, who played Karl, the violent German in Die Hard (1988), his first major break into Hollywood was playing a gentle Amish farmer in Witness (1985). In 1979, he had defecting from the USSR and was a world class ballet dancer. Sadly, he died aged 45, in 1995
wLvgP TIL about John Morrissey, who went from being a famous gambler during the Gold Rush to a heavyweight boxing champ to the boss of the Irish mob to a New York senator to Grand Sachem of Tammany Hall, which basically controlled NY politics for the Gilded Age, all before dying at 47 years old.
E1RyP TIL- Peter Sagan, 3 time road cycling World Champion once offered a man to swap the jacket that caused Sagan to crash during the race, for a World Champion jersey that Sagan used during the race. The deal fell through as the man demanded money for his journey to Paris and money for a new jacket
rR4E0 TIL of the Greenland shark, who can live up to 500 years, and only reaches reproductive maturity at 150 years old