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TIL after the India-Pakistan partition in August 1947, the Reserve Bank of India served as the Central Bank of Pakistan till June 1948

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7rldr TIL, Mark Felt, ex-FBI Ass. Director, had job where he had to find out if Red Cross toilet paper misled consumers into thinking it was endorsed by the US Red Cross.He found that 1)Most people DID use toilet paper &2) did not appreciate being asked about it.He applied & started at FBI the next year.
0d6nN TIL in 1928, the co-founder of Universal Pictures, Carl Laemmle Sr. made his son, Carl Jr., the studio head as a 21st birthday gift. Universal already had a reputation then for nepotism - 70 of Carl Sr.'s relatives were once on the payroll. This led to their downfall as owners of the studio in 1936
7rLmO TIL the bleeding of their fans saved the german Bundesligst Union Berlin from bankruptcy (by selling their blood donations)
78XEP TIL that inside neutron stars there may exist a substance scientists call “nuclear pasta” — bizarre ultra-dense matter shaped like spaghetti and lasagna that is believed to be the strongest material in the universe.
9Ygkr TIL the earliest known list of games is one created by Guatama Buddha explicitly saying they were ones he would not play believing them to be a "cause for negligence." The list includes proto forms of hop scotch, pick-up sticks, and chess.