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TIL in 1980s Britain a particular ad campaign helped cure a slump in Levis sales, increasing demand such that supply became a problem

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a8BP9 TIL nine members of the Nepalese royal family were murdered in a mass shooting perpetrated by the Crown Prince Dipendra, before he turned the gun on himself and attempted suicide. He was left in a coma, during which he was declared King, before he died three days later.
v1814 Today I learned that club moss spores are so hydrophobic, if you pour them onto water, then stick your hand in the glass, it'll come out dry. Also, that it's super flammable. I heard it on a podcast but had to see it myself, and found this:
Zp0JG TIL that in the original Addams Family TV Show, Gomez is the nephew of Uncle Fester. They were rewritten as brothers for the movies in the 1990s.
repM TIL a woman named Chante Mallard hit a homeless man with her car, sending him through her windshield. She drove home, parked her car in her garage & left him stuck there. He died, so she took the body to a park & set fire to the car. She was caught 4 months later when she talked about it at a party
D17oP TIL The Butthole Surfers were once named The Inalienable Right To Eat Fred Astaire's Asshole.