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TIL that since some early spellcheckers didn’t have the word “cooperation” without the hyphen, there are various documents online from NATO, the EU, the UN, and other international orgs that use the word Cupertino instead. “The Cupertino with our Italian comrades proved to be very fruitful”

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VBdGm TIL that an edited picture of King Yoda next to King Faisal in a historic photo slipped past the Saudi ministry of Education into an official social studies textbook.
QWMd TIL Jimmy Carter, the 39th US President, was the first president to be born in a hospital
Zp9OD TIL Coca-Cola's Simply Orange Juice is made by an algorithm known as the Black Book. Oranges are divided by source, type, sweetness, acidity, etc. flash pasteurised and then combined with flavour packages according to the black book algorithm to have a consistent taste countrywide and year round.
J1bjv TIL that the 1996 movie 'Hitler' has nothing to do with the Nazi dictator. The Indian action film is about a man nicknamed "Hitler" because he is tough and angry, who tries to protect his younger sisters from other men. 'Hitler' was the most-lucrative Malayalam-language movie in history.
Ewnw TIL that a British naval doctor figured out how to “treat” scurvy with lemons and oranges, he then published his findings which were well received. The British navy continued to supply sailors with less effective lime juice and scurvy continued as a major cause of death for a century.