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TIL nearly every TV sitcom "laugh track" was created by one guy in his garage, operating a mysterious invention

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neR1d TIL Suleyman the Magnificent had an helmet made to resemble the papal tiara, but with an extra, fourth crown to show he was more powerful than the Pope himself
6Bx8 TIL in 1992 29,000 “bath toys” fell off a container ship near the coast of Alaska. Since then the yellow duckies have been washing up in places such as Scotland, Japan, Maine and the Arctic.
59WB TIL Brazil gets 85% of it’s energy from renewable sources
R5kxQ TIL the most expensive Pokémon card ever sold was 5.275 million dollars by Logan Paul
epxNJ TIL that Dominos quit using “The Noid” in their ads after a mentally ill man named Kenneth Noid thought he was being personally persecuted and entered a Domino's restaurant in Georgia with a .357 Magnum and held two employees hostage for over five hours.