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TIL Homer Simpson was born on May 12 1956, meaning that the Springfield resident turns 62 this Saturday

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dDVe9 TIL that Barq's Root Beer was first created by Edward Barq in Biloxi, Miss, in 1897. In 1934, Barq and a former employee, who moved to New Orleans, agreed to each distribute their own version of the root beer, with the New Orleans version having a red label and the Biloxi version having a blue one.
yQBjJ TIL of Bradley Birkenfeld, a whistleblower who revealed the secrets behind Switzerland’s largest bank, was sent to jail, and was later awarded $104 million by the IRS.
rR1Zd TIL that Danes are allowed to hit with a stick any swedes that try to cross the Øresund strait when the strait is frozen over
W7y6o TIL the paintings of Washington crossing the Delaware were by a German artist, and the original was destroyed by Allied bombing in 1942.
N7VK1 TIL of "White monkey" jobs in China, Caucasian foreigners are hired to stand around and pretend to be a employee of the chinese company or representative of a international company to increase the value of the Chinese company