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TIL that Cowboys didn’t actually wear cowboy hats. ????????????

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D1mv TIL the (hilarious comedy) “Airplane!” was a remake of the 1957 (totally serious) dramatic film “Zero Hour,” and contains many of the same exact lines and scenes.
8eK6K TIL that the creator of Lululemon deliberately chose a name with multiple 'L's to sound Western to Japanese buyers, who often have difficulty pronouncing the letter, and that the name otherwise "means nothing".
XD8r TIL Saint Lawrence was martyred by being roasted to death on a gridiron. Supposedly, after roasting over a hot fire for a while he said, “I am done on this side; you may turn me over now”. The Church made him the patron saint of chefs and comedians.
Wk6A TIL the element Selenium conducts electricity only when a light is shined on it; in the dark, it is an insulator.
e0reD TIL that it takes at least eight bees all their life to make one single teaspoonful of honey. Fortunately for us, they usually make more than they need, so we can have some, too.