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TIL In 1970 Oregon attempted to discard a whale carcass on its coast by blowing it up.

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m8Lo TIL that UK hypnotist Derren Brown organised an elaborate prank whereby he convinced one man that he had woken up in a Zombie apocalypse. The ruse, that took months of planning, lasted several days and included 200+ actors.
8e0aP TIL that American country music singer Lee Greenwood attempted to trademark the term "God Bless America." The trademark was rejected since the ordinary consumer would perceive the words at their ordinary meaning rather than as a trademark, which is meant to indicate the source of a product.
ZpA0R TIL in 1966 a group of Argentinian militants hijacked and forced a commercial flight to land in the Falkland Islands and demanded the British authorities to surrender. The hijackers are still celebrated in Argentina today.
41mb TIL in 2012, inmates working in a Vermont prison print shop altered the official Vermont Police Crest to include the hidden image of a pig. The altered decals adorned 30 police cruisers for a year before anybody noticed.
Zpyra TIL Eisenhower is the only two-term president since World War II to never have a negative approval rating