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TIL: Bank of America was originally called Bank of Italy
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TIL that after receiving so much hate from fans, the American Godzilla from the 1998 movie was made to fight Japanese Godzilla. Their fight was the shortest in Godzilla history, with Japanese Godzilla winning in 20 seconds.
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TIL Bill W, founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, took LSD after being sober for decades and “developed a plan to have LSD distributed at all AA meetings nationwide”
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TIL although English is the de facto national language in the United States, the country has no official language at the federal level
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TIL In 1898, 'Heroin' was trademarked by Bayer (German pharmaceutical). After losing WW1, they lost the trademark to some nations in the Treaty of Versailles. 'Heroin' today has lost its trademark status entirely, having been 'genericized.'
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TIL Elvis Costello was so appalled by the price his label set for a 2011 box set of his that he told all his fans not to buy it.