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TIL that the company that wrote and produced Rebecca Black’s Friday is co-owned by the lead singer of Nickelback

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x5wk TIL that in 1993 Pepsi ran a contest in the Philippines in which it promised 1 million pesos, roughly $40,000, to the person who found the number 349 inside his bottle cap. Pepsi went on to mistakenly print 800,000 winning caps, leading to outrage and death threats to Pepsi executives.
w4QP TIL that Cape Canaveral has the area code “3-2-1”, to resemble the countdown sequence for rocket launches occurring in the area.
GY6J7 TIL while Henry David Thoreau is quoted as a major influence by supporters of nonviolent resistance and anarcho-pacifism, he actually did approve of violent behavior by such groups as abolitionists.
BPAr TIL in the year 1000, to save Iceland from civil war, both parties elected the wisest man to suggest a peaceful solution. He decided on a mass conversion to Christianity that tolerated pagan worship in private. And everyone agreed. He even converted himself.
vGQj TIL you can be denied immigration to Canada if you have a health condition that may “cause excessive demands on health or social services”.