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TIL Lush owns the patent for bubble bars. [15:55]

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j68Ga TIL Winston Churchill’s favorite wine was Pol Roger champagne, which he has been estimated to have drank 42,000 bottles in his lifetime. When he died in 1965 Pol Roger ordered black-bordered labels to be placed on all their bottles in his honor.
V9dm TIL Even though Wierd Al does not need to ask for permission for his parodies and does not need to pay royalties yet he only makes parodies with permission of the original artists and pays royalties for the songs as well.
AeYB TIL that on July 1, 2016 volunteers dressed as World War I soldiers appeared across the UK as part of Battle of the Somme commemorations. The ‘soldiers’ silently handed cards to passers by, each bearing the name of a soldier who died at the Somme on 1st July 1916.
9YKG TIL that the tobacco industry codenamed lung cancer “ZEPHYR” to avoid acknowledging it in internal memos.
6ZaW TIL An officially recommended solution to a common problem with the Apple 3 was to “lift the computer two inches and drop it”