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TIL yoga giant Lululemon’s name was chosen because founder Chip Wilson thought it was funny to watch Japanese people try to pronounce the letter ‘L’… Rururemon

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RGm4 TIL that when Napoleon returned to France from Elba, he approached some of the first troops sent to arrest him and opened his coat, “If any of you will shoot his Emperor, here I am.” They joined him instead.
BKab TIL that vultures have stomach acid 10x stronger than ours to they don’t get food poisoning.
ZpZ1p TIL: In 1986, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) held that US activities in Nicaragua, including laying mines in its ports, had violated international law. The US refused to participate in the proceedings and then rescinded its 40-year consent to the court's compulsory jurisdiction.
0dAjM TIL as an 18 month old infant, Muhammad Ali knocked off his mother’s tooth
xWjw TIL In 1962, Swedish national television broadcast a 5-minute special on how one could get color TV by placing a nylon stocking in front of the TV. A rather in-depth description on the physics behind the phenomenon was included. Thousands of people tried it.