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TIL that Beavis & Butthead are part of the Marvel Comic Universe under the Marvel Absurd banner.

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9wP4m TIL Cobalt is named after kobolds (tricksy, sometimes malevolent spirits): the ore was called goblin/kobold ore due to giving off poisonous arsenic fumes when smelted.
moGx TIL The “Scotch” in Scotch Tape was originally a racist insult meaning ‘stingy.’ Early efforts at creating the product used too little adhesive, causing one frustrated worker to demand they “take this tape back to those Scotch bosses of yours and tell them to put more adhesive on it.”
WkgD4 TIL about Puppy cats. A term that relates to specific types of cat breeds that show behavioral tendencies that are reminiscent of young domestic dogs.
QeXd TIL that it costs Russia about $200,000 a year to keep Lenin’s body preserved.
GR9j TIL: Alexander Selkirk, a Scottish sailor, was left stranded on a deserted island, but survived for over 4 years, partly by using feral cats to protect him from ravenous rats that attacked during the night.