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TIL that TIL is a prime target for brand manipulation through self serving submissions by corporations.

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9Y1Br TIL in 1997 CBS outbid ABC for the 9th season of "Family Matters" for $40 million and a deal for 22 episodes, switching to their network. The move failed to steal away Friday night from ABC, and CBS cancelled the sitcom, making it the final season.
XEnxP TIL There is a "World’s Smallest Target Store" in Marathon, Texas. An unknown person painted a bullseye and the word Target on the side of a former railroad structure and turned it into an art installation.
R70rw TIL in 2005, a guy named Doug Heckman read the EULA before he installed some PC software. The agreement included a clause offering 'financial compensation' to licensees who actually read the license agreement. He emailed the company, referred to the clause and the company sent him a check for $1,000
QJ09L TIL a farmer named Tony Dighera developed a plastic mold to put over his pumpkins so that they grow into the face of Frankenstein. Known as "Pumpkinsteins", it took him 4 years, 27 varieties of pumpkin and $400,000 to perfect his idea.
R7bQ TIL: In 1895, Empress Myeongseong of Korea was murdered and had her corpse burned by 20 Japanese agents. A Russian architect made an eyewitness account.