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TIL Gwyneth Paltrow named her company Goop because some branding expert told her that all successful internet companies have double o's in their name, so she just put two o’s between her initials.

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envL TIL that the CIA planned a number of “terrorist” attacks in the US to justify an invasion of Cuba in 1962. It was rejected by Kennedy.
YpeRW TIL Not all wines are vegan or even vegetarian-friendly because of how the wine is clarified and a process called 'fining'. ... Traditionally the most commonly used fining agents were casein (a milk protein), albumin (egg whites), gelatin (animal protein) and isinglass (fish bladder).
p6WZ TIL in a review of the film “Groundhog Day”, The Washington Post noted it was a good Bill Murray vehicle, but wrote “It will never be designated a national film treasure by the Library of Congress”. The film was selected for preservation in the Library of Congress in 2006.
DQEyp TIL that if you scatter someone’s ashes at Disneyland, they order a cleanup with “Code Grandma.”
JYAE8 TIL that nudists refer to non-nudists as “Textiles”