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TIL: Ships Rarely Sail Outside of Designated Routes!

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QJJM6 TIL that 666 is not actually the number of the beast - it's 616.
e5V5 TIL pineapples were a status symbol in 18th century England. They were so expensive that you could rent them by the night and take them to parties with you.
d8XpQ TIL that before Norm MacDonald's first appearance on the Tonight Show his dressing room was crashed by Robin Williams. While in the room he pretended to be a Jewish Tailor, talked to Norm's friend on the phone while pretending to be a Chinese Restaurant employee, dressed Norm, and then left.
XwNP TIL that a High School student served 5 years in jail and had to register as a sex offender after being falsely accused of rape by a classmate of his, because she didn’t want her mother to know she was sexually active.
16vxr TIL that Freddie Mercury was supposed to sing a Christmas power-ballad as the theme song for “Santa Claus: The Movie” (1985), and he apparently even recorded a demo, but he pulled out of the film as his Queen bandmates had already committed to the “Highlander”soundtrack instead.