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

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NxZe TIL that The Writers and Directors Guilds of America fined George Lucas $250,000 and tried to have Star Wars V pulled from theatres because he put the credits at the end of the movie rather than the beginning; a highly unusual choice at the time.
695E7 TIL at one point the sport of Jai Alai was a gambling alternative to horse and greyhound racing in the US and grew a following in Florida. Today only one fronton, the arena in which it's played, remains in the state.
QKPL TIL Silly Putty was invented as a replacement for Japanese-controlled rubber sources in WWII.
loZQK TIL Electrons from an alkali earth metal can be dissolved in liquid ammonia, creating a shiny, gold liquid 'solvated electron' solution.
YmrA TIL 30-50% of the human population carries a behaviour altering parasite