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TIL that the name Arby's doesn't stand for the sound alike letters R-B meaning Roast Beef but rather for the initials of the Raffel Brothers, Leroy and Forrest, who founded the restaurant in 1964

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OKYX TIL that American soldiers used the ace of spaces as a terror weapon in the Vietnam War. They would leave the card on the bodies of killed Vietnamese and would litter the forested grounds with the card. The card was used so much that Bicycle was asked to produce crates full of this one card.
wooe6 TIL that the show "Between Two Ferns" is completely unscripted, despite what many people believe.
mx54P TIL the Bermuda Triangle isn't really some mysterious area of unknown dangers. In fact, it's one of the most heavily traveled shipping lanes in the world. Most of the mysterious "incidents" were found to be spurious, inaccurately reported, or embellished by later authors.
Wjao TIL on October 24 1975, 90% of Iceland’s women refused to work, cook or look after children. Every ten years, on the anniversary of this initial strike, women stop all work to demonstrate their important positions and continue the struggle for equality.
XaeD TIL the largest Japanese character is called Taito, consists of 84 strokes and means “the appearance of a dragon in flight”.