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TIL rocket scientists call explosions a Rapid Unscheduled Dissasembly (RUD)

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XEGXQ TIL that orange juice was invented by a marketer. The California Grower’s Association had a problem: They were growing more oranges than people could eat. Copywriter Albert Lasker asked, “What else can you do with an orange?” So was created the "Drink An Orange” campaign that changed the world
eX0J TIL that taxpayer money is used by the military to pay NFL teams to honor them.
RBEa TIL When Paypal was started they gave $20 to everyone that made an account, and $20 for every person they referred. This cost them 60-70 million dollars but they had 100,000 costumers in the month PayPal went online
rNWEw TIL in some situations smells can be trademarked in the US
V1AB TIL Chevalier d'Eon was French spy, diplomat, lady-in-waiting, swordsman and a soldier; it was only discovered after his death, in 1810, that he was a fully-formed man, not a woman.