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TIL That employees who work at Jack Daniels get a free bottle of Jack Daniels with their paychecks on the first Friday of every month.

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W7EGX TIL That companies AMD and Nvidia who are competitors, do not fabricate their own semiconductor chips, and actually hire the same company for fabrication, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.
9vg7 TIL that babies have taste buds in their cheeks, which is thought to be the reason why they’re picky eaters and prefer bland foods.
JYyR1 TIL the earliest known surviving pair of socks were designed to be worn with sandals.
d8kQK TIL that in the US, Americans would raise their right hand in an upward direction (similar to a Nazi salute) when they recited the pledge of allegiance. It was repealed by Congress in 1942 (for obvious reasons) to have the right hand over the heart as we know it today.
mxBrO TIL 50 new shades of colours were created for the anime film Akira. This is due to the fact most of the movie takes place at night, which was a setting animators commonly avoided due to increased color requirements. In total there are 327 shades in the movie