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OG5x1 TIL flat escalators are called travelators
XVlj TIL in the first “Hangover” movie Roofies are referred to as “Roufalin” rather than the actual name, Rohypnol, because Rohypnol is a trademarked and the company that owns it would not allow its product name to be used in association with criminal activity.
9w087 TIL that there was once a breed of dog called a "turnspit dog" that was bred to run on a wheel, to turn meat cooking over a fire.
neKE7 TIL that despite their name and musical style, Skid Row (the band) were not from Los Angeles, but rather Toms River, New Jersey.
XE596 TIL Art Babbitt, the creator of Goofy, became the face of the Disney animators' strike in 1941. He would scream at Walt through a bullhorn when he rolled into work and the two nearly got into a fistfight in the parking lot