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TIL George Washington Carver created Worcestershire sauce.

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DEwp TIL The Lion King game led to the creation of Direct X.
gMxxb TIL that when quirky theatrical producer David Merrick got bad reviews for his 1961 musical, he found 7 random denizens of New York with names identical to those of 7 top theatre critics. He asked the civilians to talk ecstatically of the musical, then published an ad with their praises and names.
OobR7 TIL about the Q400 Horizon Air Incident of 2018, during which a member of the ground crew stole a plane and performed an unauthorized takeoff.
XPV6 TIL that LifeLock, an ID protection firm, ran a promotional in which its CEO, being so confident in the service, made his Social Security Number public. This resulted in him being the victim of identity theft 13 times, in addition to a $12 million company fine for false advertising.
5AxP TIL that Chicago’s gangs kept crack out of the city for much of the 1980’s, because they feared it would lead to small-time dealers challenging their control of the drug trade