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TIL that there is a 2 euro coin dedicated to Asterix

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Ze7v TIL there is a town called Okay, OK
W7X0X TIL in 1986 the city of Cleveland, OH attempted to break a world record releasing the most helium balloons at one time and ended up killing 2 men.
nyor TIL an entrepreneur exploited a loophole of a Healthy Choice pudding promotion. By purchasing 12,150 Healthy Choice puddings totaling $3,140, he was able to earn 1,253,000 frequent flyer miles. He also donated all of the puddings and received an $815 tax deduction.
R7kyQ TIL Richard Aoki was a Japanese/American raised in an internment camp and later became a Field Marshal of the Black Panther Party; active as weapons expert and armorer. After his 'suicide' it was learned he was an FBI informant since joining the US military.
VMZkG TIL the composition technology used in the penguin animation scene of Mary Poppins wasn't green/blue screen but actually a whole new process called Sodium Vapor Process. They only made one camera for it since they could never recreate the central piece of technology that made it work - a prism