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TIL Costco hasn’t changed the price of its $1.50 hot dog and soda combo in 30 years.

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1apDV TIL that the Metropolitan Police (Scotland Yard) have their own catering support unit for prolonged incidents called TEAPOT1
dDWPd TIL: Lo Fu-Chu was a mid level mafia member, jailed for 3 years, started a new criminal organization called "Celestial Alliance", he then dabbled in legitimate businesses and became powerful government official where he attempted to strangle a coworker. He is now on the run for insider trading.
ABDd TIL of “wife carrying”, a sport in Estonia and Finland where the object of the game is to carry a woman over an obstacle course and the prize is the woman’s weight in beer
QN0Z6 TIL that Crystal Glass gains its properties from high lead content, making it dangerous to consume food from the 'fancy' crystal glassware
WkeJL TIL: China accounts for 40% of the tobacco consumption worldwide. 52 percent of adult Chinese men smoke.