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TIL Cash On Delivery (C.O.D.) is still a thing

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M7Mw7 TIL that the rock band Journey had their own Atari video game based on the album 'Escape' - almost 30 years before 'Guitar Hero: Aerosmith'.
yQoB8 TIL the earliest know pair of socks are from Egypt and were worn with sandals.
yVjal TIL The United States is the only country to have hosted consecutive FIFA World Cups in either the men's or women's formats. The US hosted the women's tournament in 1999 and served as emergency hosts in 2003 due to a SARS outbreak in China.
neadW TIL under European law, all wine bottles bearing the name „champagne“ must be bottled within 100 miles of the champagne region of France. Any other „champagne“ is considered sparkling wine and must be labeled as such. It also must be hand-picked grapes pressed in a closed environment.
woJY6 TIL that one of Portugal's most important writers was given the wrong surname at birth, being called by a local shrub instead of his family name.