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TIL Tropicana OJ sales plunged 20% when they changed their logo.
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TIL that the instructions on how to use the US M79 Rocket Launcher was to “aim towards the enemy”
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TIL of the 1991 Downing Street mortar attack, in which IRA members launched three mortars at No. 10 Downing Street during a cabinet meeting, attempting to kill John Major. One hit the lawn 30 yards away, and it is believed that if this mortar had hit the building the entire cabinet would have died.
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TIL the Washington Redskins logo was designed by a Native American and approved by tribal leaders. Most Native Americans are honored by the name, not offended
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TIL the remainder of the Pentagon Papers (docs leaked in 1971 which demonstrated that the US gov’t systematically misled the public about the Vietnam War) were fully declassified in 2011 and are now freely available online
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TIL the current American flag was designed by a high school student