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TIL: Mitsubishi motors was founded by a samurai.

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Ldvv TIL in 2009, a woman filed suit against PepsiCo after discovering that the crunchberries in a Cap'n Crunch cereal had not in fact been real fruit. The case was thrown out, with the judge remarking that to do otherwise would “ignore all concepts of personal responsibility and common sense”.
4kREX TIL that in 2017 Billy Corgan (of the Smashing Pumpkins) purchased The NWA (National Wrestling Association), one of the oldest wrestling associations in America formed in 1948.
oRRno TIL of the "Forgotten Winchester", a heavily weathered rifle found in leaning against a tree in Great Basin National Park in 2014. It was manufactured in 1882 and round of ammunition recovered from it was dated between 1888-1911. Who left it there and why they never returned is a mystery.
yQXPl TIL that in 1998, the cast of Half Baked and the cast of Dirty Work shared a hotel, leading to Bob Saget's cameo in Half Baked
a8Jg9 TIL people used to steal corpses and mummies to grind up into paint and medicines