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TIL ‘Brown Eyed Girl’ by Van Morrison is about an interracial relationship and was originally titled 'Brown Skinned Girl’

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X0DQk TIL that today's rapid "Chorleywood Breadmaking Process" is one of the biggest culprits for the rapid rise in IBS
MeR1W TIL that Nintendo pushed usage of the term "game console" so people would stop calling products from other manufacturers "Nintendos", otherwise they would have risked losing their trademark.
KRVB TIL Bill Gates once released mosquitos at his presentation on malaria, stating “There’s no reason only poor people should have the experience.”
0wZNR TIL giant tortoises on whaling voyages were stored helplessly on their backs for up to six months before being killed and eaten. While alive, they drank gallons of water at a time and kept it in a special bladder, making a properly-butchered tortoise a source of cool, perfectly drinkable water.
xVXBw TIL that in 1854, the Mayor of Los Angeles resigned to lead a lynch mob and then was re-elected