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TIL Wendy's founder Dave Thomas regretted using his daughter's name. Not long before he died he told his daughter: "I should've just named it after myself, because it put a lot of pressure on you."

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d8gR7 TIL Gail Brewer Giorgio, whose 1978 novel "Orion" was about a singer who faked his own death. Her novel was compared to Elvis Presley theories and recalled. The rest of her career was spent writing books questioning if Elvis was really dead, appearing on talk shows and having a 900 number about it.
6Xjm TIL a single gene is thought to be responsible for our ability to speak. If put into mice, it changes their behavior and vocalization patterns
N7D5e TIL that South Korea is the second leading consumer of Spam. Spam was introduced in Korea during WWII, and it was "godsend" for people in Korea and Japan who were starving as result of the war. Koreans view Spam as a delicacy and it is a popular gift item for the Lunar New Year.
nerv7 TIL of an Island in Massachusetts colloquially named 'Busta Rhymes Island'. So named, because a resident said it has" ..rope-swinging, blueberries, and . . . stuff Busta would enjoy."
nW40G TIL: Button-Down and Button-Up dress shirts are 2 different things, and the terminology is referring to whether the collar is buttoned down to the shirt (or not)