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TIL: “Shrek” means ‘fright’ in Yiddish

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9wvE6 TIL Yamaha has been one of the leading piano manufacturers since the 1950's. They began building engines for propellors and airplanes during World War II. After the war, Yamaha used the new technology to build their first motorcycle engine, thus introducing Yamaha Motors to Yamaha Music.
m1lQE TIL the end credits for The LEGO Movie were made in real stop-motion style, and those 3 minutes of content took 3 full time animators two months to create.
QJ0GE TIL a major tobacco company was sued for allegedly using company vans in the 1960s to make trips to housing projects where free Newport cigarettes were given to children. A jury ruled against the tobacco company, which was ordered to pay over $35 million in damages.
6EnZY TIL that the singer, Sia, adopted two 18 year olds who were about to age out of the foster care system.
R5gd9 TIL of the Ancient Greek politician Hyperbolus, who put forward a motion for ostracism (exile) in an attempt to have one of the two more popular politicians ostracized. Instead, the two factions put aside their differences and voted to ostracize Hyperbolus. He was the last Athenian to be ostracized.