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TIL Uber Hasn't Had An Effect On Drunken-Driving Deaths

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rO0w TIL Tim Allen was arrested in an airport at the age of 25 for possession of 650 grams of cocaine, and avoided a life sentence by providing names of other dealers.
RAeQ TIL Elaine’s father only made one appearance on Seinfeld (in “The Jacket”) because the actor Lawrence Tierney “scared the living crap out of all of us,” said Jason Alexander. He stole a knife from the set and reenacted a scene from Psycho making threatening motions towards Seinfeld.
jO4M TIL Earning interest on loaned money originates from the lending of “food money” that was commonplace in Middle Eastern civilizations as early as 5000 B.C. The argument that acquired seeds and animals could “reproduce themselves” was used to justify interest.
XvpE TIL that after Free Willy was so successful, Warner Brothers Studios led an effort to find Keiko the Orca a better home
JYvo8 TIL that Marmite cannot be marketed/sold in the EU member state of Denmark because the licence required to market certain fortified foods in the country has not been applied for yet