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TIL that the LEGO company, ever since its creation in 1932 by Ole Kirk Kristiansen, has been a family business. Its current owner is the creator's grandson, Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen.

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x6lXk TIL Johnny Carson was asked by Mel Brooks to play the gunslinger character in the movie Blazing Saddles which eventually went to Gene Wilder. Of that screenplay, Carson, while on a Mexican vacation, told Brooks "I read it in L.A. and it wasn’t funny, and it’s even less funny in Mexico."
ly7a TIL: The Japanese had a negative view of antidepressant until a marketing plot renamed depression as “a cold of the soul”. After, the sale of antidepressant increased 6 folds.
XEPOD TIL of an anxiety disorder called Agoraphobia which causes you to have extreme fear of places. If it’s severe enough, you may not even be able to leave your home. You may not be able to visit with family and friends, go to school or work, run errands, or take part in other normal daily activities.
69NXm TIL the seemingly out of place lyric in Paul Simon's 'Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes' about 'she makes the sign of the teaspoon, he makes the sign of the wave' is actually a reference to South African taxi hand signals, indicating going to a rich district and a poor district, respectively.
gbGA TIL “Made in Germany” was introduced by Britain to protect its people from “bad” import goods into the empire. But it backfired as most people noticed “Made in Germany” as a mark of quality instead.