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TIL some Nigerians are paying to learn how to speak in a British accent.

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MeZ7B TIL that a plane containing 6,000 lbs of high grade marijuana crashed in Yosemite’s Lower Merced Pass Lake in 1977, which became nicknamed ‘Dope Lake’ by rock climbers. The climbers broke through the ice to excavate bales upon bales of weed that were overlooked by the feds involved in cleanup.
6Vnw TIL: The world record for alcohol consumption is by Andre the Giant, who drank 156 beers in one sitting (over 73 litres/16 gallons).
697NY TIL in 1997, at a youth basketball camp, Orlando Magic player Dennis Scott randomly told children not to ask for his autograph but "ask me about the rage that's inside of me". Scott was in the midst of new contract negotiations at that time; he was eventually traded to the Dallas Mavericks.
KOdwB TIL after the movie Office Space premiered, Swingline received requests for red staplers, which they stopped selling years prior. Due to high demand, they began to produce the red staplers again. They would later become the company's best selling stapler and transform the image of the company.
KOaO6 TIL some frogs have teeth