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TIL Shahtoosh, the most expensive fabric on earth is totally illegal to own

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R7rOj TIL of the "Chicken of Tomorrow" contest,which was created in 1948 to develop "superior meat chickens".Most of the chicken we eat today is genetically related to the winner of that contest.
yMoJ TIL that in 1979, an unknown group of people paid for the erection of the “Georgia Guidestones”, 6 granite slabs that instruct the survivors of an apocalyptic scenario how to rebuild a better world.
BryYL TIL of Ronald McIntosh. In 1986, McIntosh escaped from prison, stole a helicopter and landed it at another prison’s exercise yard to pick up convicted bank robber Samantha Lopez. The pair were arrested by the FBI 10 days later and McIntosh received 25 years for air piracy and escape.
VrkD TIL In 1996 the infamous serial killer ‘The Yorkshire Ripper’ was almost strangled to death in custody, before being saved by serial killer Kenneth Erskine aka 'The Stockwell Strangler’.
aA6y TIL sleeping on the job is acceptable in japan. It is viewed as exhaustion from working hard. Some people fake it to look committed to their job.