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TIL pound cake refers to a cake with a pound of each of four ingredients: flour, butter, eggs, and sugar.

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4X5JJ TIL Kodak uncovered the first atomic bomb test when customers began complaining about black spots on their photos
1aVa7 TIL slang term "going to the crapper" is attributed to Thomas Crapper, a British plumber which his company sold toilet bowls with his name stamped on them. many believe that he was the inventor of the flushing toilet. the real inventor is John Harrington, therefore the phrase "going to the John".
4XAjg TIL Rocker Sammy Hagar of Van Halen made more money in a single day than in his entire music career when he sold an 80% interest in his Cabo Wabo Tequila to Gruppo Campari for $80 million. He later sold the rest of another $11 million. He also owns several restaurants and a night club.
9XE7 TIL Johnny Carson’s first three wives were named, in order, Joan, Joanne, and Joanna. Bob Newhart kidded that he had married three similarly named women to avoid “having to change the monogram on the towels.”
OorG4 TIL: Benjamin Franklin wrote a letter entitled "Fart Proudly" as a response to the Royal Academy of Brussels calls for serious scientific papers.