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TIL the fake cigarette brand, ‘Morley’, has been featured in hundreds of movies and TV shows, including Seinfeld, Friends, and Frasier

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5VYBD TIL that, because of a certain time zone is more than 12 hours offset from UTC (Line Islands, Kiribati, UTC+14), it can simultaneously be three different days on Earth at the same time!
4kOBa TIL that a mule is created when you breed a horse and donkey together.
WQv8 TIL that in 1999, US forces bombed a Chinese embassy, killing 3 ambassadors and injuring 20. The incident was blamed on outdated maps. China never accepted the US explanation, and it was later revealed that the CIA actually had accurate maps.
Oow4X TIL that the US recorded Germany’s nuclear scientists (most of whom thought an atomic bomb was impossible) finding out about Hiroshima
1n5O TIL the word ‘callipygian’ meaning 'having shapely buttocks’ or in modern day words ’ bootylicious’