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TIL that Queen Elizabeth II served as a mechanic and driver in World War II

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j00N TIL Pluto’s largest moon Charon was named after James W. Christy’s wife, Charlene. It was later discovered that Charon was an existing figure in Greek mythology (the ferryman of Hades, later known as Pluto), and thus the name was kept.
R797w TIL - In 2009, Tropicana invested $35 million to rebrand their Orange Juice packaging. Within two months of the change, sales dropped 20% and they lost significant market share before switching back to their original carton. The failed marketing experiment cost them over $50 million.
M7goA TIL of Peter Wallace, an English or Scottish buccaneer who, in 1638, founded the first English settlement in present-day Belize.
JY6JV TIL: Nintendo coats their new Switch game cartridges with denatonium benzoate (a non-toxic agent) to cause a bitter taste as a deterrent for children putting the games in their mouth
49ob TIL that after losing his wife and two children due to a mid-air collision, Vitaly Kaloyev murdered the Air Traffic Controller responsible in front of the Air Traffic Controller’s kids and wife, spent 3 years in prison and returned back to Russia as a hero