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TIL As late as the seventeenth nannies in Europe gave young boys hand jobs as an efficient way to put them to sleep

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xVA1o TIL in 1985 New York Governor Mario Cuomo denied the existence of the mafia when asked by reporters, and called them "a lot of baloney". This incident, and Cuomo's rumored mob ties, became a common explanation for him not running for President in 1992.
Oore TIL that 30 years ago, you could buy a pass for lifelong, unlimited first-class travel with American Airlines. Now they’re sueing some who did.
KYYGw TIL that Japanese Casette Tape manufacturers adviced to use an ordinary pencil to wind the tape if necessary. But they never checked if pencils in other parts of the world where of the same thickness. They are not.
XE78D TIL: Town planning was an Olympic event up until 1948
mxnxx TIL that 7 Up launched a variation called "dnL" (the 7up logo turned upside down) and was basically the opposite of 7 Up: instead of a caffiene-free clear soda in a green bottle, it was a caffienated green soda in a clear bottle, and instead of lemon-lime the flavor was lime-lemon.