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TIL Google Shopping used to be called Froogle, but was changed when not enough people seemed to understand the pun.

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M7P1K TIL Queen Latifa is the first hip-hop artist to have a star on the Walk of Fame in Hollywood
4yeX TIL Jackie Chan is a staunch defender of the Chinese Communist Party and thinks the US is the most corrupt country in the world.
GYZp1 TIL: In a case of mistaken identity, an inmate spent 17 years in prison until they found his doppelganger who has the same cornrows, facial hair, and first name.
XmxR TIL The US Government has rigorous specs for the pens it buys. assembled by blind people, the pens must be able to write for a mile and in temps 160F to -40, are designed to fit undetected into uniforms, can stand in for a two inch fuse, and be used for an emergency tracheotomy
Obba TIL that in order to transmit radio signals to submerged submarines, one technique is to place electrodes in the ground many miles apart, using the earth’s core as a giant antenna.