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TIL in 1998, there was a Japanese realty show that was about a comedian named Eggplant who lived in a one-room apartment and had to win $10,000 worth of prizes from magazine contests to win the show. All the food he ate and clothes he wore had to be won also. It was a gigantic hit show in Japan.

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DARY TIL in 1892, during a massive general labor strike in New Orleans, white and black workers united in an effort to gain better working conditions. Although commercial representatives tried to divide the workers by race, spreading stories of ‘negro mobs’ victimizing whites, the workers remained united
Br4yW TIL: The amount of wood that a Woodchuck could chuck if Woodchucks did chuck wood is about 317 kg (700 pounds for you non-metric heathens)
kOMQE TIL there was a group of notable French artists where they gathered and smoked cannabis. Members of "Club des Hashischins" included Victor Hugo, Alexandre Dumas, Charles Baudelaire, and Eugene Delacroix.
5Bdk TIL that sometimes a group of ants will get separated from their main foraging party and begin to follow each other in a continuously rotating circle. Eventually they all die of exhaustion. This phenomenon is called an “ant mill”.
YpoaP TIL about Tom Garvey, who lived in secret apartment at Philadelphia's Veterans Stadium from 1979 to 1981. When the stadium was empty he would roller skate around the concourse, smoke pot in the dugout and have friends over for parties.