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TIL 10 million pounds of syrup was stolen from The Canadian governments reserve.

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QJAWE TIL that the tradition of Popes adopting a papal name started with Pope John II, who was named Mercurius at birth and thought bearing the name of a pagan god was inappropriate.
ldON TIL learned that studio execs balked when Jim Carrey asked for $400,000 for Dumb and Dumber. Then Ace Ventura: Pet Detective came out and the studio had to pay Carrey $7 million to do the movie!
kOkeW TIL that the Roman Emperor Commodus had a bath attendant thrown into an oven after he found his bathwater was lukewarm. Due to repeated attempts on his life, he often had Roman citizens killed for making him angry.
Ex1d TIL that 16 US states let more than 2,700 companies pocket some or all of its workers’ income taxes without having to notify the workers, diverting more than $5.5 billion dollars from public purposes for private gain in the last two decades.
ne8jb TIL That the letter sent to NWA by the FBI is now enshrined in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.