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TIL The Energizer Bunny is only in America because Duracell failed to renew their US trademark for a battery bunny. Elsewhere in the world Duracell advertises with a bunny.

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m1jyy TIL That US donations to charity total almost $500 billion dollars per year.
OGZvR TIL about Steve Allen who, in 1953, created and was the first host of The Tonight Show. In 1954, the show went national and Allen was joined by fellow radio personality Gene Rayburn, who would later host Match Game.
wL4Zo TIL John C. Calhoun cast the most tie-breaking votes of any American Vice President
E0Vd TIL Scientists isolated bacterium from a man’s intestines & used it to fatten mice specially bred to resist obesity. The microbe made up 35% of microorganisms in his digestive tract & a diet formulated to kill off those bacteria reduced the levels to below detection. He lost 113 pounds in 23 weeks.
l19A TIL the King of Cambodia is unmarried, has no children, and is a dance instructor. His father once stated that he “loves women as his sisters.”