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TIL Maple syrup bottles have little handles on them because they originally came in 5lb containers that needed handles to hold, so when shrinking the bottle the handle was kept on because people associated the handle with that product.

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ak19 TIL John Steinback’s dog ate an early manuscript of “Of Mice and Men”
Zp41o TIL "Burning Platform" means the necessity of change despite the fear of the unknown consequences. This metaphor was derived from the fatal explosion of an oil drilling platform in which one survivor had to choose to jump into a sea of burning oil rather than burn on the platform
woeA6 TIL Humans can track scents and can improve with practice
wrX8 TIL when the Beatles wrote the song “With a Little Help from My Friends”, the first line ended with ‘What would you think if I sang out of tune? Would You Throw Ripe Tomatoes at Me?’, but Ringo changed it so that fans would not throw tomatoes at him should he perform it live.
LkGeV TIL that British ("matchstick men") artist L.S. Lowry holds the record for the most refused Royal Honours....in his lifetime, he turned down awards FIVE times, including a Knighthood in 1968.