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TIL: Only two companies have a higher credit rating than the US Government, Microsoft and Johnson&Johnson

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R5b81 TIL that the song “Muskrat Love” was not originally by The Captain and Tennille. It was originally recorded by the band America, who are best known for the song A Horse With No Name.
m1lBo TIL One of the main struggles for Alexander Graham Bell and his team was to prove to non-English speakers that this new phenomenon "worked in their language." It was a concept that was hard for people to understand at first
6EKgY TIL the original city called Philadelphia was located in present-day Turkey and established in 189 BC by King Eumenes II of Pergamon. He named it after his brother Attalus II, whose loyalty earned him the nickname "Philadelphos," literally "one who loves his brother."
Z8RrB TIL when in 1988 Consumer Reports compared 4 American midsize cars, all suffered failures during the test - the Ford and Dodge had their A/C not work, the Eagle had a glovebox that did not close and an unopenable fuel filler door, and the Buick had a knocking engine and a broken door lock.
DQN4j TIL English has been the first/native language of every US president except one. President from 1837 to 1841, Martin Van Buren's native/first language was Dutch.