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TIL the “LG” in ‘LG Electronics’ actually stands for 'Lucky Goldstar’ rather than 'Life’s Good’

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EXgW TIL having a gun in your house no matter the way it is stored does not decrease your chance of homicide. Instead it increases the chances of homicide by 300% and suicide by 500%.
Onl7 TIL that while filming “Schindler’s List,” Steven Spielberg would put Robin Williams on speaker phone to cheer up the cast and crew.
VwdB TIL in 1985 Ryan White was refused re-entry to his school due to him having AIDS. 117 Parents and 50 teachers petitioned for his ban. People even cancelled their subscriptions as White was the paperboy and they believed they would be infected too.
7xkO TIL - A 2011 study revealed that people who eat candy weigh less than those who don’t. The study was sponsored by the “National Confectioners Association”
78w4x TIL that bachelorette parties are called "hen nights" in the UK, Ireland, and Australia — and used to be called "hen parties" in the US