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TIL that Salvador Dalí Designed the Chupa Chups Logo

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OEa4 TIL that the world’s longest TV commercial was an Arby’s ad that aired on a local Minnesota TV station and showed the entire smoking process of a beef brisket. Duration: over 13 hours.
XXk TIL the only reason Nirvana smashed their instruments was so they wouldn’t have to play an encore
JYKb8 TIL The influenza epidemic of 1918 killed an estimated 675,000 Americans (far more than the 53,402 who died in combat in World War I). The impact was so profound as to depress average life expectancy in the U.S. by >10 years & may have played a significant role in ending the World War 1 conflict.
a8ODZ TIL there’s a difference between ranch dressing and ranch dip
ldNK TIL President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalyn Carter (née Smith), have been married for 70 years.