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TIL that "assload" and "buttload" have different origins. "Assload" originally referred to the load a donkey could carry, while "buttload" referred to the volume a "butt", a type of large cask, could hold.

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96yr TIL Little Tikes, red and yellow Cozy Coupe toy car reached 6 million units in sales by its 25th anniversary in 2004, and was called the “world’s best-selling car for much of this decade” by The New York Times in 1998, outselling the Honda Accord and Ford Taurus.
ZPlv TIL that former US Secretary of State, political scientist and Nobel prize winner Henry Kissinger quoted saying “Military men are dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns for foreign policy.” He never denied saying that.
N7Ke6 TIL in 2009 a UK and French nuclear ballistic submarines collided with each other as neither of them knew the other sub was nearby. They were submerged and running silent but were moving slowly enough that though the ships were damaged, there were no injuries nor radioactive releases.
BgLvW TIL police radio codes like 10-4 for affirmative all start with 10 to allow time for the radio to power up. The first syllable spoken of a transmission was often not understood due to early technology quirks. Officers were trained to wait after pressing the receiver but forgot when rushed.
aexb TIL that the chief of Police in St. Paul let mobsters like Machine Gun Kelly, John Dillinger and Baby Face Nelson live in the city as long as they didn’t commit any crimes there. They were also protected from extradition and tipped off of any federal raids.