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TIL that TV dinners were invented as a way to use up 260 tons of leftover, frozen turkey that Swanson didn't know what to do with after Thanksgiving.

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aYvL TIL of Sailor’s Eyeball, one of the largest known single-celled organisms. It can grow to 1.5 inches in length.
E1Jdp TIL the ‘X’ shaped Confederate flag was no more than a battle flag and never the adopted flag of the confederacy.
m1wpx TIL A honeymoon used to be a "bridal tour" where the couple can visit relatives who weren't able to attend the wedding
QYEe TIL: Otto Von Bismarck said in 1888 “One day the great European War will come out of some damned foolish thing in the Balkans.“ 26 years later in 1914 World War 1 broke out after Franz Ferdinand was killed in Sarajevo
wo8dP TIL that during the shutdown of Quibi, founder Jeffrey Katzenberg told workers to listen to the song “Get Back Up Again” from the movie Trolls as he announced that they would be getting fired.