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TIL "The Dog Days of Summer" is a reference to the return of the star Sirius in the night sky

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874K TIL that venom needs to be injected, as opposed to poison, which need to be ingested.
R8W7 TIL When the Betty Crocker company was surprised that their new instant cake mix was not selling well, they changed the packaging/mixture to require eggs. Sales soon increased.
0ryA TIL There was a batman villain named Condiment King and he was defeated by slipping on his own ketchup.
kp64 TIL Darren Aronofsky’s debut feature, Pi, was financed entirely from $100 donations from friends and family. In return, he promised to pay each donor back $150 if the film made money, and receive on-screen credit if the film lost money. On a budget of $60,000, the film grossed a total of $3,221,152.
kJla5 TIL the person who coined the phrase “the future is female”(sally miller gearhart believed that “The proportion of men must be reduced and maintained at approximately 10% of the human race”