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TIL Modern LED light bulbs use only a dollar in electricity per year

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wLrLE TIL that the game “punch buggy” wasn’t a clever advertising scheme, it was just a game invented by a bored kid.
D06V TIL William Howard Taft served as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court after his Presidency ended, he is the only person to have held both titles.
d8vDQ TIL the popular dish Maceroni and Cheese was invented thanks in large part to wealthy U.S. president Thomas Jefferson.
7rQVx TIL of the Bechdel test- a movie that passes must have two women that talk to each other about something other than a man. Almost half of all movies fail.
x6eZk TIL as recently as 2011, Dr Pepper ran an ad campaign with the slogan “Dr Pepper: IT’S NOT FOR WOMEN”. There was even a Facebook page that only men could access, where men would shoot at “girlie” things like flowers and rainbows.