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TIL Skechers was sued for false advertising of Shape-Ups ($40M) and had to mail out half a million refunds

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Z8vyQ TIL that Henry Allingham, one of the last surviving veterans of WWI and one-time oldest man on earth, was called away from eating lunch to design the key countermeasure to Nazi magnetic mines - he did this in only 9 days. He attributed his longevity to "cigarettes, whisky and wild, wild women."
XE8vX TIL: The study of the origin of language has frustrated scientists for centuries. Due to the lack of empirical evidence to work with, the Linguistic Society of Paris banned discussion of the topic in 1866 as unproductive, a ban academic linguists observed until the late 20th century.
OGQvX TIL a Russian man by the name of Anatoli Bugorski stuck his head into a particle accelerator and survived
wPN6 TIL: Eddie Murphy earned the Razzie Award for both worst actor and worst actress for his roles in “Norbit”.
7Z0P TIL Detroit’s motto in Latin is: “We hope for better things; it will arise from the ashes.” Written in 1805.