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TIL About Medals4Mettle, which re-ribbons your old medals and awards them to kids fighting diseases like cancer.

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kOPl4 TIL the Japanese words for wrist and ankle literally translate into "hand neck" and "foot neck"
epNMb TIL Chrysler offered in-car record players from 1955-1959. Known as Highway Hi-Fi, the vinyl records spun at 16 RPM and ran for about 45 minutes.
0wYw5 TIL that "in bocca al lupo", an Italian phrase that translates to "in the mouth of the wolf", is an idiom used to wish someone good luck.
OGoV7 TIL that Stan Lee had a younger brother, Larry, who co-created Thor, Iron Man, and Ant-Man. Larry Lieber is currently 90 years old and only retired from pencilling comics in 2018.
Br7Ve TIL that theatres were among the first air-conditioned spaces available to the public, partly why theatre was and is still so popular today.