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TIL that the NYPD at one point employed an official beekeeper

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p8GWp TIL that the makers of SPAM sued Jim Henson Productions for using the name "Spa'am" for a pig character. A judge dismissed the suit, and noted that "one might think Hormel (the maker) would welcome the association with a genuine source of pork."
wXQ7 TIL a Google search for Festivus displays an aluminum pole next to the results list
BrdYW TIL Burt Shavitz, co-creator and face of Burt’s Bees, was an accomplished photographer prior to beekeeping and had photographs published in Life and Time Magazines.
JEgB TIL smoking dead scorpions has become the latest drug craze in Pakistan and India, where it has been discovered to be an intoxicant.
lonpa Infinity is bigger than you think.