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TIL The prestigious Michelin Star, an award that the worlds best chefs work their lives to attain, is awarded by Michelin Tires. For over 100 years, it’s all been part of an advertising campaign to sell tires.

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VMlWD TIL of Edward Katskee, a scientist who accidentally overdosed on Cocaine after he purposefully injected himself with a large dose of to test how it affected the human body. He attempted to write notes on the walls of his office as he died. They were deemed too illegible to be scientifically useful.
Map8 TIL in 2011, North Korea donated $500,000 to Japan after an earthquake struck the nation.
O6oX TIL of a video game series called Deer Avenger. It is a parody of Deer Hunter, but you play as a deer hunting humans.
OGemg TIL that the Utroba Cave in Kardzhali Province, Bulgaria was made to resemble female genitalia, and the cave puts on a show with natural light to symbolize fertilization. Historians believe that it was once used as a fertility shrine.
A5Nw TIL: The actor who plays “Hodor” in Game of Thrones is also a progressive house DJ and used to be the resident DJ for a gay club in Belfast. He also went on a US tour called “Rave of Thrones”