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TIL that several countries outside of the U.S call American football "Gridiron"

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EgW8o TIL: The origins of modern insurance are tied to the transatlantic slave trade and the insuring of "human cargo" on slave ships.
W7Nj4 TIL Leonard Stogel, a record producer from California, perished in the American Airlines 191 crash in 1979, 17 years after he lost both of his parents in a previous American Airlines crash in 1962.
8aO6a TIL the longest named muscle is the 'levator labii superioris alaeque nasi'. It's the muscle that is used when sneering.
LQor9 TIL that Queen Elizabeth II visited the filming set of the series Game of Thrones, the production offered her to sit on the Iron Throne and she refused.
R6m8 TIL coloured toilet paper used to be really popular back in the 70’s, especially matching it to your bathroom decor. Doctors warnings and possible damage to the environment affected sales so badly companies stopped making it.