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TIL that certain bears in Russia have become addicted to sniffing Jet Fuel out of discarded barrels. Going as far as stalking helicopters for the drops of fuel they leave behind.

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BgalK Today I learned that in the "Yankee Doodle" song, "macaroni" does not refer to pasta. It is an 18th-century description of men who dress effeminately.
4kLRo TIL The phrase “what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas” came from an advertising slogan created by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority and R&R Partners in 2003. They hoped to rebrand Vegas as a place where visitors could let loose. The original phrase was “what happens here, stays here.”
pYA8Z TIL that in Sydney, Australia, wealthy and poor suburbs are separated by a line of chicken restaurants called the "Red Rooster Line"
X04yD TIL that the actor who played Darth Vader, David Prowse, was banned from attending official Star Wars events because he leaked too many plot details.
1rKV TIL in 1838, France and Mexico fought the Pastry War over Mexico’s refusal to pay 600,000 pesos to a French pastry chef whose shop had been ransacked by Mexican officers.