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TIL Saccharin(sweetener in Sweet'n Low) is derived from coal tar

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gbP7 TIL The difference between Hotel and Motel is that Motel’s are “Motorist Hotels” in that they are designed to have large parking spaces, usually allow guests to park directly in front of their rooms and allow easy access to major roads.
P5xg TIL Santa’s reindeer, Donner and Blitzen (German for thunder and lightning) were originally Dunder and Blixem (Dutch for the same)
XE5VE TIL that a jazz musician named Teri Pall invented a version of the cordless phone in 1965 but could not market her invention, as its 2-mile range caused its radio signals to interfere with aircraft communications.
8eJ7K TIL that the Great Chinese Famine (1959-1961), one of the deadliest famines in history, was significantly worsened by the socialist policies of the Chinese government, leading to an estimated 15-45 million deaths.
8a7YL TIL that the International Red Cross visited the Concentration Camp Theresienstadt during WWII and - in a complete failure to recognize that the Nazis faked everything - reported life there being nearly "normal". 33,000 people died in Theresienstadt.