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TIL We only know of the story Beowulf from a single manuscript, at one point nearly lost in a fire.

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69pQJ TIL that Accent Group own lots of the Australian footwear market including Dr.Martens,Glue, Henleys,Herschel,Hoka,Hype,Merrell,Platypus,Saucony,Skechers,SneakerLab,StyleRunner,The Athlete's Foot,Timberland,UGG,Vans +More
wobp1 TIL "Weird Al" Yankovic never got permissions from Prince to record parodies of his songs. Once, before the American Music Awards where he and Prince were assigned to sit in the same row, he got a telegram from Prince's management company, demanding he not even make eye contact with the artist.
Y7QwZ TIL the modern bra was invented in 1914 by 19-year-old Mary Phelps Jacob, who stitched it from handkerchiefs and ribbon as an alternative to corsets. She sold her patent a year later to Warner Brothers Corset Company for $1,500. They went on to make more than $15 million from it.
16kgd TIL that humans have been giving animals personal names since at least 2300 BC
R5lmQ TIL: The U.S. intelligence community actively monitored for decades the diplomatic and military communications of numerous Latin American nations through encryption machines supplied by a Swiss company that was secretly owned by the CIA.