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R5ePl TIL World Taekwondo Federation changed their name in 2017 to void acronym WTF
6Eb5Q Today I learned that a 2013 study reclassified Pygmy Right Whales as a member of the cetotheres, a previously thought extinct group of baleen whales that were prey to the megalodon, among others. This effectively brings the family ‘back from the dead.’
On1X TIL that all meat in a Subway’s Cold Cut Combo sandwich (ham, salami and bologna) is actually made from turkey…
5Vxp9 TIL that despite selling 500k copies in its first two hours and going 7x Platinum, Guns N' Roses' Use Your Illusion I & II albums were considered to have "underperformed" sales expectations.
7r7lL TIL That the Reading Company, immortalized as a space on the Monopoly Board Game, sold off all of it's railroad assets in the 1970s and now operates movie theaters.