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TIL That Chiropractic was invented by a Canadian in 1895 named D.D. Palmer who believed that a doctor who died 50 years prior gave him the knowledge of this practice during a spiritualist camp.

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awd0Z TIL about the Bangui magnetic anomaly which is a dip in the Earth's magnetic field in the Central African Republic - a grievously poor country in the middle of Africa. The anomaly may have been caused by an ancient meteorite impact...
yPvp TiL That the US flag should be properly lit if flown through night, otherwise should be taken down at sunset.
kJBXe TIL the guy that did Tony the tiger's voice (They're GRRRRREEAAT) sang You're a mean one, Mr. Grinch
6EdBw TIL Starbucks' "Frappucino" is a registered trademark that act as a sub-license out of the Netherlands. When you purchase a beverage, your money goes to pay a trademark fee, which Starbucks books as losses, and the entity in the Netherlands pays little to no tax on the trademark revenues.
8aw9Z TIL the word "scotch" in hopscotch and butterscotch comes from the old French word "escocher", meaning to cut. In hopscotch we hop over "cuts" in the ground (it is an ancient game); butterscotch is a sheet of hard butter candy "scotched" into smaller pieces; it also led to the word "scratch"