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TIL nylon gets its name from where it was first developed: New York and London.

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wLm4W TIL that, in December 2015, 19-year-old Bud Weisser was placed under arrest for trespassing at the Budweiser Brewery located at 9th and Arsenal in St. Louis.
wLW11 TIL that the average age for the first sip of alcohol in Germany is 14.
kOa6W TIL that in the original preformance of "Baby it's Cold Outside" there is no snow storm- it's a joke. Also at one point the line "Say, what's in this drink?" Is sang by a man about a vase of flowers he thought was his glass.
BrRxe TIL about Hercules, the largest living (non-obese) cat in the world. He's a liger, 900 pounds and 12 feet tall when he stands on his hind legs.
pnNZ TIL that Nazi eugenics programs were inspired by the United States. Decades before Hitler came to power, forced sterilization and marriage restrictions were law in 27 states. Hitler was so impressed that he called books written by American eugenicists “his bible”.