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TIL-He-Man was created because Mattel passed on Star Wars figurines because of the licensing fee.

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WAPL TIL The world’s shortest commercial flight is just 47 seconds long, with a distance of only 1.7 miles. The water is too rocky for boats to pass through.

grR84 TIL about Cliff Young, a then 61 yr old potato farmer, who won a 544 mile ultramarathon in 1983

a86xo TIL Tobacco was hailed as a "universal remedy" for hundreds of years in Europe, widely prescribed for dozens of ailments, before its negative effects on health were proven in the 20th century.

l7Z1A TIL Mihailo Tolotos was a Greek Orthodox monk that died without ever seeing a woman. He lived all his 82 years of life in Mount Athos monastery

e09gn TIL while the final season Seinfeld episode "The Puerto Rican Day" (which featured a controversial flag-burning scene) was pulled by NBC and Sony, the episode quietly made its way onto the syndication package four years after its airing in 2002