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TIL Adolf Hitler was a vegetarian and was often distressed by images of animal cruelty and suffering

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1aAaV TIL Nintendo pushed the term "videogame console" so people would stop calling competing products "Nintendos" and they wouldn't risk losing the valuable trademark.
kOdD1 TIL Canadians pronounce the letter Z "zed." Moreover, I come to find out Americans are the ONLY ones who pronounce it like "zee."
5Yv7P TIL the cost of acquiring the rights to use The Beatles' music in "Yesterday" was around $10 million, nearly 40% of the movie's total cost.
8eO7L TIL about coaching trees in the NFL: In 1998, half of all active NFL head coaches traced their lineage to either Bill Walsh or Tom Landry. By 2018, 28 of 32 NFL head coaches were connected to Bill Parcells or Bill Belichick. Five of Sean McVay's assistants have become head coaches since 2017.
w6kP TIL That in Japan they have specific sections of sidewalks textured for blind people’s canes so they know where shops, subways, and crosswalks are located.