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TIL that prior to the explosion in worldwide sushi consumption, bluefin tuna were considered so worthless that they were often used for cat food.

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bQ5Q TIL That an American WWII Pilot escaped from a German POW camp and after three days of evading capture, commandeered a German Folkwolf 109 and flew himself and one other American Pilot to safety in the Netherlands. He was later quoted as saying “When I saw windmills, I knew I had made it,”.
xWN1 TIL that in 2001, Vince Vaughn and Steve Buscemi got into a bar brawl with North Carolina locals, with Vaughn getting maced and Buscemi being stabbed in the face, jaw, and neck
GYn6j TIL The Ring Finders is a worldwide organization of metal-detection enthusiasts who recover lost items at little to no cost. Members have about an 80% success rate at finding last keys, rings, cellphones, time capsules, burial urns and more.
7gO7 TIL that the American Egg Board disapproves of the iconic “This is Your Brain on Drugs” ad campaign because it could make kids think eggs are unhealthy.
5YX6r TIL Ancient Egypt already had physicians with specialities, like 'shepherd of the anus' or 'doctors of the tooth'