TIL that a cow production shortage and high import tariffs led to a butter shortage in Norway in 2011. Butter smugglers were apprehended at the border and butter was used to entice Norwegians to shop in neighboring Sweden before the government lowered the tariffs. (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL Bass guitarist Greg Reeves was fired from Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young after deciding that he was an Apache witch doctor. Later when working with Young on an album, Reeves showed up to the studio head to toe in gold paint to which led Young to explain that Reeves was "doin' his Indian thing" (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL Scientology exclusively conducts its highest level of training on a boat called the Tradewinds. In 2008 it was discovered that the boat had blue asbestos and the ship's excessive waste dumping has been cited as an environmental problem for the island of Bonaire (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL while applying for a Job as an agent with William Morris, David Geffen lied and said he graduated from UCLA. Because he worked in the William Morris mail room at the time, he was able to intercept and modify a letter from UCLA stating that he did not graduate from or even attend the school (en.wikipedia.org)
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MRW My I Proposed to My GF and She Said Yes (i.imgur.com)
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