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TIL the Lane Bryant clothing company got its name because a banker misspelled the founder's first name on her account application

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neJ87 TIL: Marvel owned the rights to the name Hulk Hogan from '84-'04. For each match Hogan wrestled, Marvel was paid $100. Marvel also made royalties on merch and every project involving his name. When he dropped "Hulk" and started going by "Hollywood" Hogan in '96, he was able to avoid paying the fees.
1a90V TIL Rihanna is the richest female musician in the world, although most of her wealth was created from her partnerships with Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy.
NQ81 TIL Ray Bradbury originally titled Fahrenheit 451 as “The Fireman”, but he & editors found the name boring so they called a local fire station and asked what temperature book paper burnt at. The firemen put Bradbury on hold, burnt a book, and reported that the temp it burnt at was “Fahrenheit 451”
0wlMM TIL Harry Patch, the last surviving combat soldier of WW1 to have fought in the trenches, died aged 111 years, 1 month, 1 week and 1 day
WRGB TIL that vitamin A enriched rice, developed nearly 15 years ago, could have prevented hundreds of thousands of cases of childhood blindness. It has never been used due to concerns over GMO foods.