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TIL that Triscuit got its name in the early 1900s because it was one of the first foods to be baked with elecTRIcity

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9jpB TIL When George Foreman was asked why he named all 5 of his sons “George” he replied “Joe Frazier, Muhammad Ali, Ken Norton, Evander Holyfield…you let them hit you on the head and see how many names you can think of”
R5Vm6 TIL on 9/11/01 a guest at the Marriott World Trade Center hotel, located at the base of the towers, awoke to the first plane crashing but went back to bed. He then got up, turned on the news, took a shower, packed his things, and only decided to evacuate when the South Tower collapsed onto the hotel
Drvg TIL Lots-o’-Huggin bear from Toy Story 3 was originally meant to appear in the first film but the technology needed to animate his fur did not yet exist.
l79YA TIL Adelle Hugo, Victor Hugo's daughter, developed schizophrenia in her mid 20's, she became obsessed with a soldier she had initialy rejected and left her home in Jersey to stalk him across all his millitary deployments in Ireland, Canada and finally the Island of Barbados
EgZZp TIL the island of Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts was one of the few safe and welcoming vacation spots to visit for the Black middle class, and held the summer homes of Black elites in the 1960s