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TIL that cranberry sauce cans are intentionally printed upside-down so that the can is stored with the side that you open facing downward, meaning that when you open the can the pressure will force the sauce out, creating that perfect “log” everyone has come to love

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1Z5W TIL In 1967, A 26 year old Australian Nurse used borrowed money to buy a plane which she flew into the Outback to eradicate Polio. She died at age 35 of cancer, and is remembered as one of the Great Women Pilots of the 20th Century
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m1JLE TIL that the term "OK" originated during the 1830s as a humorous abbreviation of "oll korrect," which was a misspelling of "all correct.
8e00P TIL in 2006, Scott Stapp of Creed filed a lawsuit to block the release of a sex video involving himself, Kid Rock, and four women. The suit was settled with the defendant agreeing to pay Stapp an undisclosed sum and to refrain from distributing the video.