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TIL large pepper grinders are named "Rubirosas" after Porfirio Rubirosa, a Dominican diplomat and playboy who had a reputedly humungous penis

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G7BQ TIL the Chinese are twice as willing to purchase products “Made in America” than Chinese products.
bxG7 TIL that in a span of 40 years Looney Tunes and Merry Melodies cartoons were sold by Warner Bros. to Associated Artists Productions, which was sold to United Artists, which was sold to MGM, which was sold to Turner Broadcasting, which was sold to …Time Warner, bringing the cartoons full circle.
OOjY TIL George Lucas’ oldest daughter is a winning-record MMA fighter
Axk4 TIL after hurricane Katrina, 4,500 public school teachers were fired in New Orleans, teacher unions were outlawed, and almost all schools were privatized
697lw TIL Action Comics #1 is so valuable that even a copy graded as low as 1.5/10 by the CGC still sold for $175,000.