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TIL that the bull on the Elmer’s glue logo is the husband of Elsie, the cow on the Borden Milk logo.

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okEK TIL Henry Ford once balked at paying $10,000 to General Electric for work done troubleshooting a generator, and asked for an itemized bill. The engineer who performed the work, Charles Steinmetz, sent this: “Making chalk mark on generator, $1. Knowing where to make mark, $9,999.” Ford paid the bill.
nWlZb TIL about Bill Blackbeard, the man who saved comics, literally. It is estimated he saved 350,000 Sunday strips and 2.5 million dailies in the 1990s.
8a8vb TIL That because of Daylight Savings Time and the loss of an hour of sleep, the Monday after clocks ‘Spring Forward’ sees an increase in fatal traffic accidents.
ErG7 TIL The Canadian Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL) goes into effect July 1, 2014 and requires every “commercial email” to have express or implied consent (the law is applicable if the business is based outside of Canada)
d8Kg9 TIL 2 weeks after Prince's death, up to 700 people made claim to his $300M fortune