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TIL about a unit of measurement: The Smoot
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TIL that the creators of Rocky and Bullwinkle started a campaign to get Moosylvania recognition as a state. They arrived at the White House and demanded to see President Kennedy, but were turned away at gunpoint. They would later learn that they arrived during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
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TIL PEZ were originally marketed to adults as an alternative to smoking cigarettes and the early slogan was, “No smoking, PEZing Allowed”. The name PEZ is an abbreviation of PfeffErminZ, which is German for peppermint.
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TIL Ed Sheeran went golfing with Justin Bieber. Justin lay on the floor and asked a drunk Ed to hit the golf ball out of his mouth. Ed ended up smashing Justin in the face with the golf club.
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TIL there is a secret shoe boutique in Boston that is accessible only through a Snapple machine in the back of a convenience store. They spent $0 on marketing and are one of the best shoe boutiques in the world.
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TIL early NYC dive bars had no glasses, only barrels of booze connected to rubber tubes. For three cents you were allowed to drink till you ran out of breath.