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TIL 99% of what the British Museum owns isn’t on display.

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4Xlxa TIL that "Frisbee" is a trademarked name, and any organised frisbee-utilising sports (e.g. Ultimate, disc golf) legally can't use the word in their names
6POZ TIL The San Francisco Giants eradicated their Seagull problem with a Red Tailed Hawk named “Bruce Lee.”
9OGQ TIL that Thomas Jefferson wanted the constitution to be changed ever 19 years because he didn’t want people to be “ enslaved to the prior generation”
vPvEj TIL that D.B. Cooper was never the alias used by the infamous highjacker. In fact, this was the name of an early suspect, who was eventually cleared of the crime. Due to the mistake of a reporter, the name D.B. stuck.
PQeV TIL that three hunters in Oregon were discovered dead around their campsite with no marks or signs of a struggle. The only unusual thing was the discovery of a dead newt in the coffee pot that was later found to produce Tetradotoxin - a poison 10,000x more potent than cyanide.