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TIL that from 1860 to 1870 winners of The (British) Open received the Challenge Belt. The Belt was red leather with a large silver buckle, with silver panels of golfing scenes and medallions denoting the winners and their scores. It was replaced by the Claret Jug in 1872.

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R5p6j TIL about Haitian mud cookies. They are made from mud, shortening, and salt. They are used as a nutritional supplement for pregnant women children.
oD0K TIL that vampire bats will die if they can’t find blood for two nights in a row. Luckily, generous well-fed bats will often regurgitate blood to share with others, in exchange for grooming. This has been noted by many naturalists as an example of reciprocal altruism in nature.
JYOp4 TIL that the CIA parachuted hundreds of people into North Korea throughout the 1950s to start resistance networks and, despite never hearing from most of them again, continued to parachute more in until an inquiry in the 1970s questioned the morality of such an initiative.
W71w4 TIL that 200 students received "graduataion" diplomas in 2012. Spring Creek High School in Nevada received the misspelled documents from Jostens, which quickly sent corrected diplomas by mail to the students.
1dvO TIL during the first gulf war in 1990, NBC delayed the start time to the Tonight Show by 5 minutes, to give their affiliates more time to cover the conflict. Once local stations had those 5 precious minutes, they never gave them back. This is why all late night shows in the US start at 11:35 pm.