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TIL that Target was the first to refer to themselves as “Tar-Jay” in a 1979 commercial.

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E17RV TIL There's no agreement as to when Hitler first adopted his 'Toothbrush' moustache. A WW1 comrade said it happened in the trenches when Hitler had to trim his 'tache to make his gas mask fit. His sister-in-law Bridget Hitler claims he cut it like that because she hated his previous style.
PYKNE TIL Edgar Allen Poe once wrote a love letter to the dash, a form of punctuation he felt was unfairly demonized.
YpbvB TIL on his deathbed, Walt Disney scrawled his final words on a piece of paper: "Kurt Russell"
aMVo TIL that on April Fools Day 1974, an man hauled 70 tires into the crater of a dormant volcano in Alaska and set them on fire, terrifying nearby residents into thinking the volcano was erupting again.
xjD7 TIL : In 2012, Israel ranked as the 2nd most educated country in the world (Canada was 1st).