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TIL that Japan has a town named "Usa" which many believed was deliberately named to promote goods as "Made in USA"

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5YoGD TIL the word 'millionaire' is a French word coined in 1719 to describe those working in the Mississippi Company earning millions of livres which is one of the earliest examples of an economic bubble
RdK8 TIL in 2011, James Franco put his name behind a project called “The Museum of Non-visible Art”. A woman paid $10,000 for a non-visible piece called “Fresh Air”.
4lwN TIL Sharon Stone slapped the director after seeing the Basic Instinct “leg-cross” scene for the first time. She’d removed her panties when the director told her the flash of white was ruining the shot and that nothing would show on-screen.
9ARB TIL Sharon Osbourne sold all of Ozzy Osbournes cars when she found out he was drinking and driving
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.