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TIL that in the early 1990s, New York City's Metro Transit Authority had a mascot for their new MetroCard service (that replaced tokens) - the Caardvark

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9wxvm TIL Musician Harry Nilsson, whose work took him away from home often, let friends and fellow musicians stay at his London apartment while he was on the road. Cass Elliott of The Mamas & The Papas died there on July 29, 1974. Four years later Keith Moon of The Who would die in the very same room.
grxy9 TIL while the word D-Day is most commonly used for the Normandy Landings in WW2, the term refers to any day on which a combat attack or operation begins. There have been many D-Days before and after WW2
14QX TIL that Wonder Woman’s creator was no comics artist – he was a Harvard psychologist inspired by a superwoman in his own life
rRbry TIL before Guy Fieri was a Food Network star, he worked at Flowmaster also doing commercials selling mufflers.
PYp5E TIL that E.B. White hated the Hanna-Barbera animated film adaptation of his novel Charlotte's Web, saying "The story is interrupted every few minutes so that somebody can sing a jolly song. I don't care much for jolly songs."