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TIL Mr. Clean, the Procter & Gamble mascot for the products bearing his name, actually has a first name. It’s Veritably. Veritably Clean.

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woGjM TIL about Kursi Nashin, a certificate that was given to Indians by the British government from 1887 till India's independence. During the British rule, Indians were not allowed to sit on a chair in any government office. Only those who earned this certificate were allowed to sit on a chair.
Brank TIL of bog butter—an ancient waxy substance often found buried in peat bogs that was used as a way of preserving butter in ancient Ireland. The butter would gain flavor notes from its surroundings that were namely described as “gamey,” “moss,” “funky,” “pungent,” and “salami.”
bNRN TIL that at least about 100 North Korean defectors to South Korea, unable to cope with the new society, isolation, and lack of job prospects, have went back to North Korea.
LoYv TIL that the OSS director once showcased the then newly invented gun silencer to president Franklin D. Roosevelt by shooting 10 rounds at a sandbag in the oval office without Roosevelt noticing, and then handing him the smoking gun.
e0N6E TIL that email tracking is achieved by employing a tiny pixel image attached to your email that is invisible to you, but once you open the email, the image is loaded from a server and the server records that data for the tracking service.