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TIL: Alexander the Great never lost a battle
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TIL Jimmy Carr suffered a huge backlash when he joked that servicemen amputees would give the UK a good Paralympic team in 2012. In fact, the UK, including many Vets, came 3rd in that year, winning 34 golds
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TIL a brand name becoming 'genericized' can lead to the creator losing copyright. For this reason, companies desperately try to avoid their product names becoming the generic term for an item like Band-Aid or Photoshopped.
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TIL the tallest known mountain in the solar system is on an asteroid.
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TIL - In the U.K. up until 1875 boys as young as 8 were legally sold to a “master sweep” as an apprentice to sweep chimneys. Effectively slaves, after years of hard labour in harsh conditions led to disfigured appendages, poor vision, asthma and extremely high rate of scrotal cancer.
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TIL that Vicki Lawrence in high school wrote a fan letter to Carol Burnett noting their close resemblance. Burnett—who was looking for an actress to play her younger sister for a new show—hired Lawrence, beginning her long television career.