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TIL that HMV stands for "His Masters Voice' and is named after a painting of the same name

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7XK7 TIL that there are blue bandaids that have metal in them so that they can be found by a metal detector if they fall off a worker in the food preparation industry.
DQK5r TIL that as well as lasagna, there is also lasagnette, a narrower version of lasagna, and lasagnotte, a longer version.
rNLG1 TIL that Bob Anderson was Viggo Mortensen's private fighting trainer - or in other words, Darth Vader taught Aragorn how to fight
xjvk TIL a jail in Brazil allows its inmates to pedal exercise bikes to power lights in a nearby town in exchange for reduced sentences
MeR7a TIL Cats that have saggy bellies aren't just fat. It's called the 'Primordial Pouch' and helps protect them during fights by allowing them to move easier when running and jumping.