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TIL the term "care package" was originally invented by the Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe (CARE), an NGO established in 1945, and the term is still a registered trademark of that organisation

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16vxr TIL that Freddie Mercury was supposed to sing a Christmas power-ballad as the theme song for “Santa Claus: The Movie” (1985), and he apparently even recorded a demo, but he pulled out of the film as his Queen bandmates had already committed to the “Highlander”soundtrack instead.
9YeDG TIL of a £4m art heist Manchester in 2003 , including a Van Gogh painting. It is believed the culprit tipped off the police and revealed the location of the stolen artwork. Stating that his intentions were not to steal , but to highlight woeful security.
QJWj6 TIL that the MyPillow guy was such a severe crack addict while he was first starting his company, that his dealer told other dealers not to sell him any more drugs until he got some sleep
bjga TIL: Kim Jong Un was voted Time Magazine’s person of the year in 2012 after 4chan users hijacked the magazine’s online polls
1jxO TIL Soda is so corrosive, that without BPA or equivalent liner, an aluminum can would break after three days