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TIL the famous "Aaron Burr" Got Milk? ad of the early 90s was directed by a then unknown Michael Bay.

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BrQRK TIL TV shows show CPR working around 75% of the time, while in real life its effectiveness is actually 5-7%.
696nl TIL Mike Tyson originally wanted to tattoo hearts on his face!
xVn45 TIL that the term 'robber baron', applied to certain ruthless wealthy American businessmen of late 19th century, is derived from the German term 'Raubritter' which referred to the medieval German knights who charged illegal tolls on the roads crossing their lands.
GYLnQ TIL about the board game go. It was invented in Asia some 2500 years ago and has more possible board variations than atoms in the known universe. It is so exceedingly complex that it was only in 2016 that an AI defeated a human world champion (the chess world champion was defeated in 1997).
X9oP TIL that some “scientists” in the 1800’s believed Irish immigrants were ape-like, dog-like, and racially primitive.