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TIL The Flintstones had a Cigarette Commercial in the 60's

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D18VV TIL that orca (aka "killer whale") is actually the largest kind of dolphin
l7RVa TIL Boeing started the 7XX aircraft series post WW2 for those with then-new jet engines, following the 300/400 (propeller), 500 (turbine), and 600 (rocket) series. The 7 at the end was added by... Marketing.
YOeG TIL, a group of coconut crabs is called a “nightmare,” with leg spans reaching up to three feet, and are known to climb trees on their native islands in the Pacific and Indian oceans; they’ve also been observed devouring chickens and kittens.
Z1KG TIL that the name of textbook rental company, Chegg, comes from the contraction of chicken and egg, based on the founders’ experience after graduating from college; they could not land a job without experience, but could not get experience without a job, a chicken or the egg type of quandary.
r1je TIL Google’s cafeteria food prices are set by nutrition facts – One cent per gram of sugar, four cents for saturated fat, a dollar for trans fat…