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TIL there was once a fifth suit of playing card - a green eagle for the US market and a blue crown for the British.

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1OdD TIL that “Randy’s Donuts,” featured in Iron Man 2, is a southern California landmark that has appeared in numerous other films television shows, and at least one song.
W5A8 TIL Anderson Cooper is a member of the once great Vanderbilt family, but inherited nothing because his relatives squandered the fortune; He built his career from scratch, starting with a forged press pass to Myanmar
OokaX TIL vintners sold concentrated bricks of wine during prohibition with the explicit warning not to leave the juice from them in a bucket in the cool cupboard for 21 days, or it would turn into wine.
oLXL TIL On April Fool’s Day 1998, Burger King published an advertisement for “Left-Handed Whopper”. The condiments of this whopper were supposed to be rotated 180 degrees, as to avoid spilling out toppings from the right side of the burger. It was said to be the “ultimate ‘Have-it-your-way’ for lefties”
m1EYM TIL Alaska is roughly about one-fifth the size of the entire mainland (contiguous) United States. If overlaid onto a map, Alaska would stretch from the West Coast to the East Coast