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TIL that Q-tips were originally called "Baby Gays"

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b9pJE TIL Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine. However, as it turned out, it was merely a marketing scheme.
OGY5L TIL that it is tradition for the newly-elected Speaker of the House of Commons to be ceremoniously "dragged" to his seat by other Members of Parliament.
e665 TIL for upon their death, survivors of the attack on the USS Arizona during Pearl Harbor may have their ashes placed within the ship, among their fallen comrades.
a8ANb TIL of Aeschylus who was killed by a tortoise dropped by an eagle that had mistaken his bald head for a rock suitable for shattering the shell
YplPx TIL That a picture was taken of the Iceberg that sunk the Titanic. A different liner found it nearby, and unaware of the Titanic’s fate, was surprised by the smear of red paint.