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TIL that the labels on Angostura bitters bottles are intentionally annoying. The original brothers entered a competition and due to a miscommunication, wound up with wrong size labels. A friendly judge suggested the brothers make that label their signature. The advice stuck.

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v1X0B TIL of the Jim Twins, two identical twins who were separated at birth and lived nearly identical lives. They married and divorced different women with the same names, had dogs with the same names, smoked the same type of cigarettes, drove the same type of car, and vacationed at the same beach.
wLmAo TIL Actor Jason Statham competed in Diving for Great Britain at the 1990 Commonweath Games in Auckland
wYw7 TIL that the official date for Opposite Day is the 25th of January.
1algX TIL Cassandra Peterson revealed that she was scalded on over 35% of her body in a kitchen accident when she was one and a half years old. She said that she was teased at school over her scars and jokingly added that her Elvira costume "showed only the good bits"
pYnRA TIL: Actor Tony Danza (peak fame in the 80s) was briefly a professional boxer. He went 9-3 with 7 KOs (5 in the 1st round).