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TIL that Nabisco is abbreviated from it's earlier name: National Biscuit Company.

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JYL7B TIL the Mughal Emperors of India kept over 1,000 tamed cheetahs for use in hunting. Because cheetahs do not breed in captivity this caused their extinction in India.
p8prZ TIL the famous Rokeby Venus painting was attacked by a suffragette with a meat cleaver in 1914. She stated that she wanted to destroy the most beautiful woman in mythological history, in protest against the government for destroying Emmeline Pankhurst, the most beautiful woman in modern history.
rGaW TIL that “Chop Suey” literally means “miscellaneous leftovers” in Chinese.
VMGwG TIL that in 1929 the NFL team, the Orange Tornadoes from Orange, NJ wore letters on their uniforms instead of numbers.
VPgD TIL Major James Nesmeth, a POW in Vietnam for 7 years, used golf visualization to stay sane. Every day he played a full 18 holes in his head as if he were actually there. After being released, he tried golf again for real and shot a 74 which was 20 strokes off his previous average.