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TIL that Hydrox is the original sandwich cookie, while Oreo is the more popular knockoff

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X0JJj TIL that the famous “I’ll have what she’s having” line from the film "When Harry Met Sally” wasn't in the original script. Billy Crystal suggested it after he and Meg Ryan improvised the entire orgasm scene. The two were originally supposed to discuss "faking it" without an actual demonstration.
KY0G9 TIL Violet Jessop is most well known for having survived the sinking of both the RMS Titanic in 1912 and her sister ship the HMHS Britannic in 1916, as well as having been onboard the eldest of the three sister ships, the RMS Olympic, when it collided with the British warship HMS Hawke in 1911
m1NlP TIL that the shortest war in history lasted only 38 minutes between the countries of Zanzibar and Great Britain.
nW4mG TIL that Wayne Gretzky and John Candy bought the Toronto Argonauts in 1991. They paid Raghib Ismail, the presumptive #1 overall NFL drat pick, a record amount to instead play in the CFL.
6n5m TIL that a Pillbug (Wood louce) isn’t an insect… but they are crustaceans. They are closer to a crab than a bug.