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TIL By volume, Lego is the world’s biggest tire manufacturer

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8a1yK TIL The Wizard of OZ was an allegory for progressivism—The cowardly lion represents politicians bowing to big business, and the tin man and scarecrow are workers and farmers. Dorthy is America, erroneously following the yellow brick road (gold standard) but saved by her silver slippers (in the book)
69o1X TIL: Despite looking like hedgehogs, Lesser tenrecs (Echinops telfairi) are more related to elephants than to hedgehogs (Erinaceus). Their similarities developed through convergent evolution
yQLlV TIL Howie Mandel voices the character Gizmo in the 1984 film, Gremlins, and its 1990 sequel, Gremlins 2: The New Batch
bBPQ TIL in 1986 the Red Hot Chili Peppers were budgeted $5000 by EMI Music to make a demo tape and set aside $2000 to spend on Heroine and Cocaine
rRydW TIL that the word “soybean” is named after soy sauce, not the other way around.