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TIL America's GDP was smaller than Europe's until 2011. Now there's a huge gap and it keeps widening

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kOmAW TIL that in 2004 there was a "election" for a new Chex flavor in South Korea. The green onion flavor won, but because Kellogg wasn't expecting this, they chose the chocolate flavor anyway. 16 years later, they south Koreans finally got it
GAW84 TIL Mortal Kombat character Noob Saibot is named after the franchises' creators Ed Boon and John Tobias but spelt backwards
YpoEv TIL Henry VIII wanted to cancel his wedding with Anne of Cleves because he found her extremely ugly. He felt he was bamboozled by his advisors, who greatly exaggerated her beauty and brought him portraits of her that looked nothing like the real Anne in order to get him to agree to the marry her
d88Jd TIL Aubrey Eberhardt was the first person to shout "Geronimo" jumping from a plane
0wdjM TIL the ampersand (&) is actually “and per se and”, and the character itself originated from the latin word et (and) turned into a single figure