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TIL Former Boston Bruin Goalie Tim Thomas refused to meet the President in 2012 because he believed “the Federal government has grown out of control…in direct opposition to the Constitution and the Founding Father’s vision[.]”

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D1LdY TIL when the British electronics retailer Dixons introduced the Matsui brand, they drew protests due to the brand having the same name as Iwane Matsui, the Japanese general responsible for the Nanking Massacre.
W6O9 TIL Scallops can have up to 100 eyes.
LQom0 TIL The natural oils in unfiltered coffee from a French press or Moka pot might increase "bad" cholesterol
x68mk TIL HMS Terror disappeared in the 1830s, somewhere in Northern Canada. Expeditions to find it, from 2010-14 ignored Inuit reports of a wreck and focused elsewhere. When Inuit Ranger Sammy Cogvik insisted they change course, the ship was found in under 3 hours - in namesake Terror Bay
ZXjo TIL there is a man who, due to auto-brewery syndrome, will get drunk from eating bread