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TIL that matches were not created until 1826. As John Walker swirled a pot of chemicals, a lump formed at the end of the mixing stick. He tried peeling the dried chemicals off, burning the stick, and inadvertently creating matches.

P09V TIL After reviving Disney’s animation studios with The Little Mermaid, Aladdin and The Lion King, Jeffrey Katzenberg asked for a promotion and was promptly fired. He swore revenge and founded Dreamworks . Within 10 years, Dreamworks’ Shrek 2 became the third highest grossing movie of all time.
16w7D TIL that according to etymologists and all searches conducted of historical usage, the term “bucket list” as the idiom we know today was never used in any book, newspaper, or publication until the movie “The Bucket List” came out in 2007. All prior uses have been debunked as misdated.
Q00p TIL a jury can acquit a defendant they believe to be guilty if they disagree with the law before them or believe breaking the law in the case before them was justified.
EwZw TIL Celebrity Chef Jamie Oliver initiated a campaign to move British schools towards eating healthy foods and cutting out junk food. British parents protested by delivering junk food to the students from local shops through the school fence. In the UK, 64% of adults are considered obese.
loKaB TIL Fred Astaire got into show business after his mother planned a then-popular "brother and sister act" in vaudeville with his sister Adele. Fred refused to learn to dance at first, but eventually learned by mimicking his sister's steps