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TIL Roald Dahl wrote a Bond film.

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VMBjm TIL the FDA will not allow Nabisco to use the word “cream” to describe the stuffing in Oreos. It’s called “creme” because it contains zero dairy.
gEKL TIL Henry Ford once balked at paying $10,000 to General Electric for work done troubleshooting a generator, and asked for an itemized bill. The engineer who performed the work, Charles Steinmetz, sent this: “Making chalk mark on generator, $1. Knowing where to make mark, $9,999.” Ford paid the bill.
E9eP TIL there is a proposal for Canada, The United States, and Mexico to abandon their native currencies for a shared currency, similar to the euro.
X01QQ TIL Frank Sinatra didn’t actually sing on beat but instead he would sing “around the music”
kOPnd TIL that 9 out of the 18 songs on Eminem’s “Marshall Mathers LP” make references to killing women.