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TIL: An advertising company wanted to use Johnny Cash's Ring of Fire in a Hemorrhoid commercial

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xr45 TIL Killer bees were created in an attempt to breed tamer and more manageable bees. This was done by crossing a european honey bee and an african bee, but instead the offspring became more aggressive and highly defensive bees that had escaped into the wild
oRVO8 TIL that actor Woody Harrelson's father was a convicted contract killer (hitman)
LnPQ TIL that there is a McDonald’s that is closed to the public and is just used for filming commercials.
6kj7 TIL that after George H.W. Bush, a Naval Aviator, was shot down and rescued by a submarine in WWII, he lived aboard that submarine for a month, assisting in the rescue of other aviators.
OD86 TIL Chumlee of Pawn Stars makes $2500/h or $100,000/wk from his own merchandise business. This is due to his popularity on the show, surpassing all other Pawn Stars cast income.