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TIL Beats and Beats Counterfeit Headphones Are Nearly Identical from the Parts Up.

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MeLDW TIL that Dr. Seuss used to make Unorthodox Taxidermy of his mythical creatures
a8GPZ TIL that after losing his Presidential reelection bid, John Quincy Adams briefly considered retirement but went on to win 9 Congressional elections and successfully argued before the U.S. Supreme Court for the freedom of the Amistad slaves.
YB9Z TIL that Oreo cookies are actually the knock-off brand of another company, Hydrox.
0M4y TIL in World War I, Germans used a non-lethal gas that could penetrate American gas masks and cause vomiting. When soldiers removed their masks to vomit, they were exposed to the fatal gasses already in the air.
LQExp TIL that Alice Liddell, of "Alice in Wonderland" fame, was once proposed as a potential wife for Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, the son of Queen Victoria. Years later, Leopold named his first child "Princess Alice" after her, and he was made the godfather to Alice's second son, Leopold Hargreaves.