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TIL that “Make feet for children’s stockings” was once a euphamism for sex.

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e6LJ TIL Sony sold more than 12 million 3.5 inch floppy disks… in 2009
d8GQd TIL The city of Birmingham in England has a "Black Sabbath Bridge": A bridge named after the band, Black Sabbath.
XEYbQ TIL that in 2004, a two-part short series aired titled The Adventures of Seinfeld and Superman, involving a fully animated Superman, voiced by Patrick Warburton, and Jerry Seinfeld in various mundane situations.
OMaY TIL the parachutes of mars rovers are being sterilized to prevent life from earth “hitchhikes” to mars, making it impossible to distinguish from possible microbes on mars.
9YmLM TIL that while chicken is the most slaughtered animal in the world, the #2 spot is held by ducks. Rabbits are #4 and Cattle is all the way in ninth place.