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TIL that Cracker Jack became the longest running product placement in American history thanks to the song “Take Me Out to the Ball Game”

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BgpL TIL that a species of bird known as the Shrike impales all of its prey so that it can return and feed whenever it wants.
XE5nD TIL whale oil was used in transmission fluids as recently as 1972. Transmission failures soared when its use was banned.
D1yOV TIL John Carpenter filmed twelve minutes of additional material during the production of Halloween II for scenes to be added into the TV broadcast of Halloween. The extra scenes were filmed so Halloween would fit into a two hour time slot on NBC.
QJmOE TIL Denver Pyle (Uncle Jessie from the Dukes of Hazzard) made a fortune by buying oil wells cheaply that were thought to be end-of-life, and holding until later technology improved to allow extraction of more oil, and only continued acting for the fun of it
L1Em TIL there was a German serial killer who lived in a cave and killed 964 people