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Z81r4 Today I Learned that the Exxon Valdez disaster led to the creation of Credit Default Swaps, the financial instrument that massively contributed to the Global Financial Crisis.
vPVZL TIL that when Will Smith was 12 his grandmother found his notebook of rap lyrics with curse words and wrote a note in it telling Will that truly smart people do not have to curse when expressing themselves. As a result he resolved not to use profanity in his music.
oPeK TIL Marvel once published a comic about “Your friendly neighborhood Spider-Ham” in 1983. He was a “Spider-Pig” named Peter-Porker
nWKpG TIL of hyperforeignism, when people mispronounce foreign words that are actually simpler than they expect
M7Gbm TIL the businessman who founded Adidas the German sportswear company was a member of the Nazi party