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TIL that China blocked search engine results for “tomorrow”, “yesterday” and “today” during the anniversary of Tiananmen Square

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1ar4W TIL about the Phoebus cartel, which in 1925 met in Geneva to curb the longevity of incandescent light bulbs. This is a strategy called "planned obsolescence" to generate repeated sales and maximize profit.
pAG4 TIL Adidas was named after its founder Adolf “Adi” Dassler, who was also a member of the Nazi Party in Germany. His brother Rudolph founded the competing brand Puma.
78nAM TIL In late 70s-80s, 117+ healthy SE Asian men, many Hmong, died in their sleep mysteriously, leading to CDC investigation. The Hmong attributed it to evil spirit Dab Tog, inspiring Wes Craven's Freddy Krueger in "Nightmare on Elm Street."
1aOgd TIL lions love to play with discarded Christmas trees, and have an effect similar to catnip on cats.
M6E7 TIL cognitive scientist Brian Butterworth diagnosed Ronald Reagan with Alzheimer’s purely on the basis of speech errors in his speeches ten years before his disease was actually discovered