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TIL "Aunt Jemima" was a woman named Nancy Green, an American slave who was one of the first African-American models hired to promote a corporate trademark becoming the advertising world's first living trademark

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8aGJ8 TIL Italian artist Piero Manzoni filled 90 tin cans with feces, called it 'Artist's shit' and sold them for up to €124,000 a tin. In August 2016, at an art auction in Milan, one of the tins sold for a new world record of €275,000, including auction fees.
d8QeK TIL that as of 2020, Napster pays its musicians more than other streaming services.
NXwZE TIL about “E-Squadron” or “The Increment”. Which is perhaps the most elite and secretive special forces group in the U.K.- maybe even better than the SAS.
wJEW TIL: the term Pot Hole come from 18th century England when potters would dig holes in the middle of the road for clay.
LnGQ TIL that one of the founders and lead guitarist of Blind Melon is now an employment lawyer in Philadelphia.