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TIL Hair Club for Men's first TV ad was "a standard ad with attractive people doing active things" that failed. So their next ad was less professional looking, with the founder stating "I'm not only the Hair Club president but I'm also a client." It worked. Within a month, they received 10,000 calls

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OVj6 TIL on May 25th 1986, 6.5 million people held hands in a human chain for 15 minutes. This nationwide event, called Hands Across America, was intended to raise money to fight hunger and homelessness. The chain was 4,152 miles long from New York to California.
woVxM TIL After the release of the 1965 Czechoslovak film 'Loves of a Blonde' hundreds of boys travelled to the town it was set in, because the film falsely depicted women outnumbering men there 16-1.
Lk95Q TIL the band Iron Maiden has their own Boeing 747 named after their mascot, Eddy, and their lead vocalist Bruce Dickinson is the pilot.
RMl4 TIL The Philippines is one of the deadliest places in the world for politicians, with over 1200 political assassinations in the last decade.
1a0yO TIL that you're not supposed to rinse your mouth (with water or mouthwash) after brushing your teeth. You're supposed to just spit out any excess toothpaste to enable the fluoride left behind on your teeth to do its thing.