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TIL A 1992 issue of The New York Times reported on a list of grunge slang words. It was later revealed that these were made up on the spot by a 25 year-old receptionist for Sub Pop records while talking to the reporter.

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eYVg TIL Hooters in China is known as “American Owl Restaurant”
NjD1 TIL that George Lucas was neither the director, producer, or screenwriter for Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. The film eventually became the most critically acclaimed chapter in the Star Wars saga.
j4lv TIL Louisiana is the only state that has a license for florists. The state’s florist exam once had a failure rate almost twice as high as the Louisiana bar exam.
R5bX9 TIL that psilocybin-assisted treatment improve drinking outcomes in patients with alcohol use disorder relative to outcomes observed with active placebo medication
Egrk7 TIL Toyota has what it calls the 1:6:90 rule. Its scientists have calculated that the amount of raw material needed to make a long-range EV could instead be used to make six plug-in electric hybrid vehicles or 90 hybrid vehicles.