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TIL that in 1969 Jerry West became the first and only player to win the NBA Finals MVP on a losing team as his Lakers fell to the Celtics.

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OGJJa TIL Kiviak is a traditional food from Greenland that is made of little seabird packed and fermented in a seal skin. Up to 500 whole birds, beaks and feathers included, are packed into the seal skin and then hidden in a heap of stones and left to ferment over the course of three months.
N7J9P TIL that Canada is making numerous changes to its food labeling laws. Among other changes, companies must list the daily value of sugar on their nutrition labels, and also must group sugar-based ingredients together in ingredient lists
PoMJ TIL that airplane pilots would announce that Jonas Salk was on board and passengers would burst into applause. Hotels routinely would upgrade him into their penthouse suites.
oRNpK TIL the smallest house in Great Britain was once owned by a man called Robert Jones who rented it to a man called Robert Jones.
Aodd TIL that Hans Zimmer, the composer/producer for over 150 movies, including The Lion King, Gladiator, all Pirates of the Caribbean movies, Pearl Harbor, Rush, Inception, the Dark Knight, etc; had only 2 weeks of formal music education (piano lessons as a child).