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Today I learned that Swingline didn't make red staplers until Mike Judge made them famous in the movie Office Space

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ZpDvG TIL that ground-breaking comedian Lenny Bruce is pictured in the top row of the cover of the Beatles 1967 album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
W7Nw9 TIL of miasma theory, an abandoned medical theory, that held that that diseases such as cholera were caused by “bad air”. Some academics suggested the theory extended to other conditions as well, such as becoming obese by inhaling the odor of food.
m1O4O TIL James Buckley who's best known for his role as Jay in The Inbetweeners is the first Cameo-made millionaire outside of the US and has recorded over 40,000 videos for fans since 2020.
rRJpw TIL of Iris Robinson, an anti-gay Irish politician whose career ended after the exposure of an extramarital affair with the (40 years younger) adult child of a family friend. In response, a Facebook group was set up attempting to get the song "Mrs. Robinson" to No. 1 in the Official UK Singles Chart
XEVe6 TIL Getty Images has repeatedly been caught selling the rights for photographs it doesn't own, including public domain images. In one incident they demanded money from a famous photographer for the use of one of her own pictures.