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TIL Facebook engineers originally wanted to call the “Like” button the “Awesome” button.

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R6El TIL Stephen Colbert founded a shell corporation in Delaware named Anonymous Shell Corporation so it could be given large donations to anonymously funnel into his Super PAC, he asked FMR. FEC Chairman Trevor Potter how it was different from money laundering. Potter’s response was “It’s hard to say.”
GARLE TIL the facade of the Meiji Chocolate Factory in Osaka, Japan is shaped like a giant chocolate bar
epMe6 TIL that ancient Romans used ‘sponges on sticks’ to clean themselves after using public toilets. These sponges were kept in a container of water and vinegar between uses to clean and disinfect them.
kJEQ4 TIL of the self-fulfilling AIMA prophecy, a medieval Byzantine prophecy stating that the first initial of their emperors would spell out "AIMA" - Greek for "Blood." This was proven true with the succession of Emperor Alexios in 1081, Ioannes in 1118, Manuel in 1143, and finally Alexios II in 1180.
5VeDr TIL Tony Sampson, the voice of Eddy from "Ed, Edd n Eddy," was threatened with a blacklist after he asked for a small raise. After the show ended in 2009 he retired from voice acting and now works in the Canadian oil industry.