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TIL Zippo trademarked their lighter's famous "click"

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KYRM4 TIL that French used to have and provide mobile military brothels to their soldiers between WW1 and as late as 2003.
W7pOX TIL the annular solar eclipse means "ring" solar eclipse, and is not the same as total solar eclipse when you experience it
7Jj7 TIL the Basque language is an absolute isolated language: It has not been shown to be related to any other language despite numerous attempts
OWp7 TIL Honey Nut Cheerios do not, in fact, contain Nuts.
nWLDb TIL in 1973 a roulette dealer & 2 others won 5 million francs ($1 million) using a roulette ball with a receiver inside that was linked to a transmitter inside of a pack of cigarettes. When a button on the pack was pushed, the ball was guided to land on a specific part of the wheel with 90% accuracy