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TIL that an alarm clock exists that donates some of your money to charity every time you hit the Snooze

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w48 TIL there is a Magic: The Gathering card called “ Our Market Research Shows That Players Like Really Long Card Names So We Made this Card to Have the Absolute Longest Card Name Ever Elemental”
Abpa TIL that form 1969 to 1977, Ford Motor Company produced the Pinto with full knowledge of a design flaw that frequently caused the fuel tank to catch fire during rear collisions, which would have cost $11 per vehicle to fix. The tag line in radio ads was, “Pinto leaves you with that warm feeling.”
9YyBX TIL that a female ant which is capable of sexual reproduction, but isn't a queen, is referred to as a "gamergate"
ZV4a TIL A Man Named John Banvard Once Made a Painting of the Mississippi River. By the time it was finished, the painting was three miles long. Since John died, the painting has been cut up and was hung in movie theaters. There is no evidence that any exists to this day.
69NAl TIL about the Kentucky Meat Shower, where mysterious chucks of meat fell from the sky in 1876