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TIL ordering a “black and tan” in Ireland will get you kicked out of a pub, as British paramilitary troops wore Black and Tan uniforms .

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PyxO TIL: Mario Party 8 was withdrawn from shelves in the UK because some copies included the word “spastic”, which is considered a highly offensive word referring to disability, the game was eventually re-released with the word replaced with “erratic.”
dgg7 TIL the human retina is actually brain tissue, you see with an exposed part of your brain.
9Yrar TIL the elapsed time in a dream is about the same as the elapsed time IRL. For example, if you dream of an activity that would take five minutes in waking life, you probably dream about it for a full five minutes.
VMmjB TIL of an English cricketer nicknamed "The King of Spain" after mugs were misprinted with that slogan instead of "The King of Spin".
5Pjk TIL in 2004, Bose Corporation (known for hi-fi audio equipment) disclosed that it sank over $100 million into a new type of automobile suspension, which used electromagnetism rather than hydraulics.