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TIL of the spacecraft cemetery - a remote location in the Pacific where dozens of decommissioned vessels have splashed down

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wglM TIL that in 2005, security guards at Australia’s Parliament House were banned from calling people ‘mate’. The ban lasted one day.
9Yga7 TIL a majority of indigenous mainland Americans prefer the terms "Indian" and "American Indian" to "Native American". Many tribes include Indian in their formal titles.
eYyJ TIL Operation Mockingbird was a classified CIA program spanning from the 50’s through to late 70’s intended to influence the media and create ‘a propaganda network’ of leading American journalists.
vVAB TIL some Black Friday products (i.e. cheaper TVs) are made specifically to be sold only on Black Friday, and are of lower quality than usual
OVRX TIL failed McDonalds products include the McPizza, McHotdog, a vegetarian pineapple patty burger called McHula, McSpaghetti and the McLobster