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TIL Kenwood Limited (red K) and Kenwood Electronics/Corporation (red dot on W) are to different companies who make different products

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k9Z1 TIL if you are a 7+ foot tall American male between the ages of 20 and 40, there is a 17% chance you currently play for the NBA.
9Yynp TIL Michael Jackson's "bad" Music Video Was Directed by Martin Scorsese
9w7br TIL a surgeon named Robert Liston performed a surgery that had a 300% mortality rate. He amputated his patient's leg in under 2 and a half minutes who died from gangrene, amputated his assistant's fingers who also died from gangrene, and cut the coat tails of a spectator, who died from shock.
lo6AK TIL Michelangelo was around 23 years old when he created the Pieta sculpture
naRo TIL at 22 years old Titanic’s only surviving wireless operator Harold Bride stayed on the ship as long as possible sending SOS messages. After being rescued by Carpathia and suffering from frostbite he helped the rescue ship operator send surviving passenger messages.