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TIL Kwanzaa was created in California in 1966

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oRl5A TIL that "Street Fighter" was named in honor of the 1974 martial-arts powerhouse Clash, Killer Fist! (titled The Street Fighter for American release), which starred renaissance performer Shinichi “Sonny” Chiba and was the first film to receive a U.S. theatrical rating of X for violence alone.
0WNN TIL in 2008 a Berwyn Heights Mayor was subjected to a No-Knock raid, where both of his dogs were killed and he was questioned for several hours just wearing underwear because Prince George’s County Police didn’t believe he was the Mayor.
nWk7d TIL that before telephones, fire alarm boxes were located at street corners. To prevent false alarms or pranks, some boxes were designed with handcuffs to attach the alarm-puller to the box, and only the firemen had a key to release them
M7OdB TIL Jeff Bezos' salary as Amazon CEO was always $81,840. His wealth is largely tied to his 11% ownership of Amazon stock which originally cost $18 a share.
MnGm TIL IKEA is an acronym which stands for Ingvar Kamprad Elmtaryd Agunnaryd, which is the founder’s name, farm where he grew up, and hometown.