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TIL that the license plate number of Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s car, in which he was assassinated, was A III118. The official end of WWI was Armistice Day, 11/11/18

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W79kL TIL that NBC had another sitcom in the works at the same time as Seinfeld also named for its main actor called Ann Jillian that scored better with test audiences than Seinfeld's pilot episode and NBC executives gave a full season order. It was canceled after just one season.
BgLdb TIL that the cloth placed over the backs of chairs in buses and planes is called "antimacassar" and it has its name from Macassar oil used for greasing hair back in 19th century. The cloth was there to protect the furniture from it.
kO7g5 TIL in an experiment, an American Cockroach registered a record speed of 5.4 km/h (3.4 mph), about 50 body lengths per second, which would be comparable to a human running at 330 km/h (210 mph).
gMoGb TIL Queen frontman Freddie Mercury, comedian Kenny Everett, and actress Cleo Rocos once dressed Princess Diana as a man so they could go out and party in a south London bar. Reportedly the princess enjoyed herself so much she told them "we must do it again!"
mxVAE TIL Planned Obsolescence Is A Legal Policy Used Among Corporations That Suggests Intentional Manufacturing Of Nondurable Products