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l7G45 TIL, that Indian wire & cable manufacturer company RR Kabel Ltd's Kabel word is actually a german for cable. I thought Kabel is stylized word of Cable. This company was established in 1995.
M7Oem TIL the elderly couple seen hugging on the bed in Titanic (1997) while water floods their room were the owners of Macy's department store, Rosalie Ida Straus and Isidor Straus. Ida refused a seat on a lifeboat, stating "Where you go, I go" which inspired Rose's line in the film.
LkZaZ TIL the unfortunately named "Ayds" dieter's chocolate considered a name change when the AIDS crisis hit. Executives resisted with one saying "The product has been around for 45 years. Let the disease change its name." - The name was later changed to "Diet Ayds" before being pulled from the market.
KYGA9 TIL olympic sailor Francisco Gonzalez killed 44 people on a plane by shooting both the pilots
PYVXg TIL The largest concentration of Indian restaurants outside the Indian Subcontinent is in Manchester, England on Wilmslow Road which is nicknamed “Curry Mile”