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TIL "Greeble" is the name given to the texture applied to Sci-Fi spaceship models for the purpose of making them appear more complex.

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goZ9 TIL that in Australia, Burger King is called “Hungry Jack’s”
VBlKQ TIL that Detroit Tigers star and jokester Norm Cash was once caught in a rundown, so stopped running and made a timeout sign with his hands.
AD4Kw TIL about Room 39, a secret organization tasked with earning foreign money for the North Korean government. They are estimated to earn up to $1 Billion annually, allegedly being involved in drug trade, counterfeiting money, insurance fraud and workers exploitation. They also run a restaurant chain.
ANAo7 TIL that the flaming chalice for Unitarian-Universalism was created by an Austrian Jewish refugee named Hans Deutsch, who took inspiration from flaming chalices of oil at ancient Roman and Greek altars
p8lbZ TIL “Pop goes the Weasel” is about booze. Pop is English slang for pawning and weasel is for a suit. The Eagle was a London pub. “Up and down the city road, in and out of The Eagle, that’s the way the money goes, pop goes the weasel” means drinking until you need to pawn things to buy more booze.