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ADZQx TIL German law prevents the use of surnames as first names and requires all first names to clearly indicate gender
dDNLQ TIL that although Charles Dawson was implicated after his death for the Piltdown hoax involving fabricating human remains, he may have been involved in as many as 38 forgeries. These included falsifying Roman artifacts by casting them in iron, creating and planting fossils, and forging stone stools.
Xe0r TIL that a woman once tried to sue Cap'n Crunch because she thought she had been eating real berries for four years.
ADX77 TIL that the New Zealand national badminton team used to call themselves the black cocks as a play on the all blacks, yes, really
nAYb TIL that The Replacements (who were replacing The Pointer Sisters at the last minute as the SNL musical guest) smuggled booze and drugs backstage, got drunk with Harry Dean Stanton, broke a guitar on their way to perform, swore on-air, and were banned from returning to the show.