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TIL about András István Arató, the Hungarian Electrical engineer who accidentally became an internet meme called “Hide the Pain Harold”

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KO0eB TIL that "Tater Tots" is a registered trademark; the product initially failed because it was perceived as being too cheap, but people started buying it after the price was raised.

b90Da TIL According to the 2017 U.S. Census Bureau, 19.7 million children, more than 1 in 4, live without a father in the home

GAV6g TIL that the famed designer Yves Saint Laurent was actually born and raised in the city of Oran, Algeria when it still a French colony. His childhood home was bought by a local man and is now a museum dedicated to his sketches and early life

5Veep TIL racing icon Carroll Shelby helped found the Chili’s restaurant chain. After Shelby held what is widely recognized as the first organized chili cook-off in 1967, his son-in-law approached him with a proposal for a chili-themed restaurant. Shelby provided funding and curated the menu and design.

rdjo TIL in 1917 journalist H.L. Mencken published a hoax news article stating bathtubs were popularized in the US by Pres. Millard Fillmore after he had one installed in the White House. Thirty years later, even after he admitted it was false, it was still being reprinted as fact.