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TIL Steven Seagal is a Sommelier

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gMynb TIL the chess kid from the "Final Boss" meme didn't freak out and actually played a decent game against a champion player.
xVb55 TIL of Jack Barsky, a former KGB spy who was sent to work undercover in the USA. He quit his profession by lying to his handlers that he had AIDS. They cut him off as they were afraid of STDs spreading in the Soviet Union. Barsky never returned to Russia.
ZPpY TIL that Alien (1979) was covered in ‘copious’ amounts of K-Y Jelly to give it a 'slimy’ effect. Also Predator’s (1987) blood composed of K-Y Jelly mixed with green glow stick fluid.
VMYgk TIL that in most places in Switzerland, they won’t collect trash that’s not in special bags that are sold with a built-in fee. Recycling, however, is cheap or free. As a result, Switzerland recycles 54% of solid municipal waste (double the European average) and 76% of recyclable items
WNbB TIL that in the 19th century when Napoleon III invited the King Siam to a dinner, he gave himself Gold Cutlery, his troops Silver & the King of Siam Aluminium. This was no insult but an honour, aluminium was the most valuable metal on the planet. Today, aluminium is $1,800 a ton. Gold is $50 million